Political Quotes

“This week, the House of Representatives is scheduled to take up the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Among other things, the legislation would authorize open-ended sharing of threat information between certain private companies and the federal government, and grant those companies unlimited legal immunity. I--along with more than 30 civil liberties and privacy groups ranging from the ACLU to the Competitive Enterprise Institute--believe the bill is badly flawed, and will harm the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens. While the Intelligence Committee amended CISPA last week, purporting to address privacy-related issues, the changes do not ameliorate the core concerns I have with the bill. CISPA would create a ``Wild West'' of information-sharing, where any ``certified'' private-sector entity could share information with any federal government agency for various ill-defined purposes. By allowing for the direct sharing of information between the private sector and the National Security Agency, as well as other Defense Department agencies, the legislation hastily casts aside time-tested legal prohibitions against intelligence agencies and the military from operating on U.S. soil. The bill should be amended to prevent this direct sharing with non-civilian agencies. CISPA would also create duplicative information-sharing processes with no central oversight or accountability.…”