‘Washington power player’ as cybersecurity czar?
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- What kind of person does the Obama administration need to fill the new position of cybersecurity czar?
Certainly not a “tech guru,” says Time. Rather, “a Washington power player”.
But that would mesh nicely with the appointment of RIAA henchmen to top positions in the Department of Justice.
Tom Davis, a “a moderate Republican from Virginia,” is a “leading candidate,” says the story, going on »»»
Sources familiar with the White House’s deliberations on the subject say Obama officials feel a Washington power player would make a better candidate than a tech guru. “They want someone who understands technology issues, but more importantly, knows how to get things done in Washington,” says a cybersecurity expert who has been consulted by the White House.
Davis, “authored the Federal Information Security Management Act in 2002, chaired the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy and was a co-chair of Congress’s Information Technology Working Group, but, “crucially,” his district, the 11th, “is bristling with technology companies”.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Time – A Favorite Emerges in Obama’s Cyberczar Search, June 19, 2009
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June 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 am
dont buy a Kindle:
http://www.geardiary.com/2009/06/19/kindles-drm-rears-its-ugly-head-and-it-is-ugly/
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:39 pm
“How do I find out how many times I can download any given book?” I asked. He replied, “I don’t think you can. That’s entirely up to the publisher and I don’t think we always know.”
-> Wow
What is with the whole notion of a Czar in a Democracy?:
Czar=a male monarch or emperor
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
they are warming us to the idea of an oligarchy. justification for the current police state the world lives in.
Orwell was off a few years with his book 1984…
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
when i was 10- i went through a stage where I read 1984 and Animal Farm over and over. Parents were a bit worried
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it really is crazy how it has evolved more subversively due to technology but how right on he really was in overall theme.
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:24 pm
“but, “crucially,” his district, the 11th, “is bristling with technology companies”.”
and wtf does this bit matter?? Either the monkeysuit can do the job or he cant!!
stw
June 24th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
hmm, guess my comment about downloading your ebooks through Giganews rather than buying them, didn’t go over too well. but isn’t that the point of the Giganews binary accounts? does anyone actually pay $30 a month to download PD files?