[markomalley]

And of course the government will use cybersecurity and infrastructure protection as an excuse to monitor more and more communications online.

"Details about the White House bill have been kept under wraps"

Of course. They don't want to tell the public what they're going to do until they are actually doing it *to* the public.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Anyone want to guess which “czar” will run this program?

[major-pelham]

From experience I know how awful it is once you have been compromised - but it’s like anything in life, businesses will do what needs doing so they can remain in business, particularly in the financial sector. The govt doesn’t need central planning for it.

I would welcome the govt actually being proactive to go after the foreign sources constantly trying to crack US govt and private sector IT. Surely the US govt could compromise and destroy some hack equipment operations in Nigeria or Russia? Why just take it, why not go out and destroy it - all day every day - lessening the burden on private business to meet a govt. mandate?

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

This will actually be a greater assault on our civil liberties than the Patriot Act ever was.

Hope all those liberals and libertarians who have been condemning the Patriot Act will be just as loud in condemning this plan....and Obammie the Commie for pushing it.

[Madame Dufarge]

And this:

The White House has a cyber coordinator, Howard Schmidt, but the administration has been opposed to having the position subject to Senate confirmation.

The most transparent administration in history.

[Texas Fossil]

unveil

from :http://www.thefreedictionary.com/unveil

Verb

1. unveil - remove the veil from; “Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies”<.B>

uncover, expose - remove all or part of one’s clothes to show one’s body; “uncover your belly”; “The man exposed himself in the subway”

veil - to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; “women in Afghanistan veil their faces”

[Alas Babylon!]

The process has been difficult, as industry leaders, privacy advocates and security experts wrangled over how to protect the U.S. from cyberattacks without infringing on business practices or civil liberties.

The writer has got it wrong. It is not a difficult task, rather it is an impossible task.

Civil liberties WILL be infringed.

[ilovesarah2012]

Most transparent administration in history.

[Caipirabob]

Sounds racist.

(This is almost as fun as posting "Bush's Fault"...)

[Bob Buchholz]

And this is because the government has demonstrated its outstanding ability to protect its own networks????

[NewHampshireDuo]

Avoid cloud services, encrypt your email and take other measures.

[CPOSharky]

Oh great. Under this plan half the people on the internet will be government drones (making tons-o-money) watching the other half of the people on the internet.

[pyx]

The article also states; Details about the White House bill have been kept under wraps, but officials say large portions are similar to the Senate cybersecurity legislation, which is being drafted by the Commerce and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees, and coordinated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

The Senate bill would create a White House cybersecurity coordinator, to be confirmed by the Senate, who would advise the president on cyber matters. And it would establish a National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications at Homeland Security to work with the private sector to set standards for critical infrastructure.

Harry Reid is going to help Obama create a Cyber Czar to add to this current IMPERIAL presidency.

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "White House Launches U.S. International Cyber Strategy" by Cheryl Pellerin (SNIPPET: "White House officials yesterday launched a strategy that the administration says unifies U.S. engagement with international partners on a range of cyber issues for the first time. The International Strategy for Cyberspace was presented here by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III. "Cyberspace and the technologies that enable it allow people of every nationality, race, faith and point of view to communicate, cooperate and prosper like never before," President Barack Obama said in an introduction to the report.") (May 17, 2011)

DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "Lynn: Cyberspace Strategy to Build Coalition of Nations" by Cheryl Pellerin (May 16, 2011)

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[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/internetgovernance/index