Posted on April 18, 2013 by
This week, the House of Representatives will vote on CISPA.
As the cybersecurity bill CISPA crawls out of its grave, the White House is threatening to kick it back in again. On Tuesday afternoon the Obama Administration issued a public statement that it will veto the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act
As it did when the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, first passed the House Intelligence Committee last year, the White House on Tuesday said President Barack Obama's senior advisors would recommend he issue a veto threat on
Senior White House advisers say they will recommend US President Barack Obama veto the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act (CISPA) if Congress approves the controversial computer bill.
CISPA aims to encourage intelligence-sharing. Companies and spooks often remain silent about cyber-threats because they fear that sharing the details might land them in legal hot water. But this makes it much harder to hunt hackers and defend power
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http://www.3mdoublesidedtape.org/from-sopa-to-cispa/