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| CISPA cybersecurity bill gets veto threat from Obama | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 26 2012, 07:16 AM (94 Views) | |
| shure | Apr 26 2012, 07:16 AM Post #1 |
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CISPA cybersecurity bill gets veto threat from Obama By Olivier Knox, April 26, 2012 The White House came out strongly Wednesday against a bipartisan but controversial House bill designed to protect the country's infrastructure from cyberattack, warning that President Barack Obama would veto if it passes in its current form over civil liberties concerns and other worries. "The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, in its current form," Obama's Office of Management and Budget said in a statement. "If H.R. 3523 were presented to the President, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill." OMB said that the administration was "committed to increasing public-private sharing of information about cybersecurity threats" but said the process "must be conducted in a manner that preserves Americans' privacy, data confidentiality, and civil liberties and recognizes the civilian nature of cyberspace." Morever, it said, the legislation "fails to provide authorities to ensure that the nation's core critical infrastructure is protected while repealing important provisions of electronic surveillance law without instituting corresponding privacy, confidentiality, and civil liberties safeguards." OMB specifically cautioned that, in its current form, the measure fails to set up "requirements for both industry and the government to minimize and protect personally identifiable information." more here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/cispa-cybersecurity-bill-veto-threat-obama/story?id=16214940 |
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