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Cybersecurity bills raise privacy and civil liberties concerns
Some proposed cybersecurity legislation calls for more cybersecurity-related information sharing, but this could give ISPs extraordinary powers to monitor networks.
Zelikow memo made a case against enhanced interrogation
Several of the enhanced interrogation techniques undertaken by the CIA were “cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment” and unconstitutional, a State Department counselor during the George W. Bush presidency argued in a 2006 memo newly released by a Freedom of Information Act request from the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
CYBERCOM lead touts partnership with DHS
The nation's current cyber strategy is not stovepiped, it's integrated and it's effective, said Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency,
Napolitano favors Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill
Although two main Senate cybersecurity bills jockey for attention in that chamber, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano endorsed just one while testifying March 8 before a congressional
McCain cybersecurity bill aims for legal frameworks, updates, not structural changes
Rather than set up a distinct entity for cybersecurity information sharing, newly-introduced legislation in the Senate would leverage current federal "cybersecurity centers." The Strengthening and
E.U. official unimpressed by U.S. Internet privacy initiatives
A European Union official accused the United States of taking a less aggressive stance on Internet privacy and called out Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for changing tack on
Senate approves anti-counterfeiting defense authorization act amendment
Senators approved Nov. 29 by unanimous consent an amendment to the Senate's version of the fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill ( S. 1867 ) that would require contractors to actively monitor for
Defense authorization bill could include IT supply chain regulations
Lawmakers said they will modify existing law to protect the defense system supply chain from counterfeit electronic parts. "Senator [Carl Levin (D-Mich.)] and I are committed to trying to put
Border security may supplant environmental laws
The pending Homeland Security Department reauthorization bill includes an amendment that gives Customs and Border Protection personnel access to federal land within 100 miles of the Mexican border.
Reintroduced Defense authorization bill retains supply chain provision
The Defense Department may yet get a fiscal 2011 authorization bill after the introduction of a stripped-down version by key House and Senate Armed Services committee members. The bill ( H.R. 6523 )
