Civil libertarians slam McCain's cybersecurity bill
From the MSNBC article - “A cybersecurity bill introduced by Republican Sen. John McCain could dramatically expand the domestic reach of U.S. intelligence agencies and potentially give them massive troves of emails, civil liberties advocates said.
“This is a privacy nightmare that will eventually result in the military substantially monitoring the domestic, civilian Internet,” said Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union.”
New Cybersecurity Act Would Undermine FOIA and Whistleblower Protections
With all the uproar over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA)—both of which prompted widespread online protests—it was easy to forget that the Senate had another cybersecurity bill in the works. But on Tuesday, a group of Senate committee leaders started rushing passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012(S.2105). Although this cybersecurity bill doesn’t include the SOPA/PIPA executive “kill switch“—it still threatens to undermine whistleblowers, FOIA, and open government efforts.
