Posted on 08/03/2009 9:11:25 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
The White House's senior aide on cybersecurity has decided to resign following delays in the appointment of a coordinator to spearhead the government's efforts to protect the nation's computer networks.
Melissa E. Hathaway, who also served as a cybersecurity aide during the Bush administration, had been a contender for the position of cybersecurity coordinator. But in an interview Monday, she said she had withdrawn her application.
"I wasn't willing to continue to wait any longer, because I'm not empowered right now to continue to drive the change," she said. "I've concluded that I can do more now from a different role," most likely in the private sector.
Hathaway noted that it has been two months since President Obama made a highly acclaimed speech on the importance of cybersecurity and pledged to "personally" select a cybersecurity coordinator.
A colleague close to Hathaway said she had become dismayed by the delay in the appointment. The colleague, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that Hathaway had "the sense that this was very political, that she has been too closely tied to the Bush administration."
SNIP
Hathaway was recruited in 2007 by then-Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell to work on cybersecurity issues. She played a key role in overseeing the Bush administration's Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), which consisted of 12 mostly classified projects to improve the defense of government computer networks.
"We've made a lot of progress in the last 30 months that I've been in government, and now it's time to move on," Hathaway said, adding that she was proud of having completed the White House 60-day review of cyber policies and programs. "It's up to the administration to take the next step."
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a parrot can be taught to repeat buzzwords like this, too.
Hmmmm . . .
Interesting timing with Glen Beck going nuts over some sort of government computer hacking into dealership info of people taking part in “cash for clunkers”.
She realized that 0bama was just stringing her along until his puppetmasters picked a replacement for her.
“I’m not empowered right now”
‘Cause —here come the czar.
Ms. Hathaway, you’ve been Judd Gregg’ed.
there is more to this story... interesting
bookmark!
HMMMMMMM:
Government snooping into dealership computers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307686/posts
I don’t think the Beck story (cars.gov) has anything to do with this. I suspect she might have been against the WH you tube/website cookies capture. She was an outsider!
Those without a soul will stand with him until the end.
Thanks for the ping.
Obama’s bus is getting really crowded underneath.
Hey Obie> “You’re gonna need a bigger bus.” - Roger Schneider
Typo corrected:
Obama’s bus is getting really crowded underneath.
Hey Obie> “You’re gonna need a bigger bus.” - Roy Schneider
Bet she knows where lots of bodies are buried.
Under my bus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfL-Oj1rQ-c
Another one?
There is something missing from this story.
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