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Released: December 01, 2011
Cybersecurity bill could harm privacy rights
Source: Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post (Free Registration)
Leaders of the House intelligence committee have crafted bipartisan legislation aimed at fostering the exchange of online information between the private sector and the government to better protect commercial computer networks from cyberattacks.
The bill, introduced Wednesday by the committee’s chairman, Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), and ranking Democrat, C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (Md.), has strong support from the telecommunications industry. The White House and civil liberties advocates, however, have raised concerns that the bill could jeopardize individuals’ privacy.
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