 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:4
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Cybersecurity bill fails in U.S. Senate »www.computerworld.com/s/article/···._Senate
"Some senators had raised concerns about government authority and privacy issues in the legislation..." |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | Good. And, so it should. This shouldn't be an information free-for-all, nor have broad sweeping powers by the NHS, or any other agency.
Protect the infrastructure from hacking. It's not the citizens that need to be monitored.
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 KrisnatharokCaveat EmptorPremium
join:2009-02-11
Earth Orbit
kudos:7 | reply to antdude
Looks like congressional approval was unnecessary.
»www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat···ory.html
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 BlackbirdBuilt for SpeedPremium
join:2005-01-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:3
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| It makes one wonder why bother running things through Congress for passage... it's so much simpler just to have the chief executive (of either party) make up the rules as he goes along, just dictating them directly to the nation. And we all know what that form of government's called...
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President Obama has signed a secret directive that effectively enables the military to act more aggressively to thwart cyberattacks on the nation’s web of government and private computer networks.
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The policy also lays out a process to vet any operations outside government and defense networks and ensure that U.S. citizens’ and foreign allies’ data and privacy are protected...
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Legislation to protect private networks from attack by setting security standards and promoting voluntary information sharing is pending on the Hill, and the White House is also is drafting an executive order along those lines. ...
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| said by Blackbird:It makes one wonder why bother running things through Congress for passage... it's so much simpler just to have the chief executive (of either party) make up the rules as he goes along, just dictating them directly to the nation. And we all know what that form of government's called... quote:
President Obama has signed a secret directive that effectively enables the military to act more aggressively to thwart cyberattacks on the nation’s web of government and private computer networks.
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The policy also lays out a process to vet any operations outside government and defense networks and ensure that U.S. citizens’ and foreign allies’ data and privacy are protected...
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Legislation to protect private networks from attack by setting security standards and promoting voluntary information sharing is pending on the Hill, and the White House is also is drafting an executive order along those lines. ...
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Many of these executive orders are unconstitutional.
Fans of the current administration are happy to overlook that fact, ignoring that by establishing this precedent future chief executives from the other party will surely use same. They'll cry then, of course, but it'll be too late. |
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 DataDocMy avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC
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Par for the course.
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 rcdaileyDragoonflyPremium
join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
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So long as Congress abdicates its responsibility under the Constitution, the President can do virtually anything he wants, even flaunting Supreme Court rulings. Andrew Jackson famously did this in relation to a ruling in favor of certan native Americans.
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