Depending on the agency relationship, it could easily become a government act.

Unless we are willing to share those with fairly large sectors of the private industry, because it is hard to pick winners and losers...

I think we have a challenge of making the laws work right, but we are up for that challenge.

I think that construct is starting to work in the way that we had always envisioned it would.

But that said, you do believe that, as time goes forward, this is going to be an increasing threat for the country, an increasing responsibility for law enforcement, and we are going to need increasing resources in order to meet that…

You will agree with me that there is an issue that is worth pursuing, though.

I am worried about the extent of the threat that we are facing right now and the time that it will take to work through some of the administrative procedures.

We, too, look forward to working with the Department of Justice, to use your words, to improve and amplify the administration's proposals.

I think it was your testimony--actually, I take it back. It was Mr. Baker's--about needing to encourage consumers to be more aware

The common thread is that these threats all take advantage of our strong reliance on the Internet for social communications, business, and national defense.

I have to assume that the interagency process is sort of an ongoing thing and that there remain discussions going on within the administration on these subjects.

I think we need to bridge that gap, and I do not see how the bill does that.

There is a huge disjunction between what is really happening out there and what people know.

I think the bottom line is that we have--there are resources that could protect private sector critical infrastructure but will not without declassification...

And Senator Rockefeller and I and others have sent a letter to the SEC asking that they beef this up.

I think where we find agreement we should move things up.

we in Congress should presume that the administration intends the ISPs to be in that process

The administration has proposed allowing RICO to cover crimes committed in cyberspace as well as setting mandatory minimum sentences for intrusions into critical infrastructure.