Friday, April 19, 2013

CISPA Supporters Spend 140 Times As Much Money Lobbying as Opponents

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CISPA Supporters Spend 140 Times As Much Money Lobbying as Opponents

From 2011 through the third quarter of 2012, backers of CISPA spent $605 million on lobbying; anti-CISPA groups spent just $4.3 million. While it's impossible to know how much of the lobbying was spent on any one issue (the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,

CISPA aims to encourage intelligence-allotment. Companies and spooks often keep silent about cyber-threats because they dread that allotment the details may land them in legal hot water. But this makes it harder both to hunt hackers, and to defend power

In a hearing earlier today on the controversial Cyber Intelligence Allotment and Protection Act (CISPA), Representative Mike Rogers dismissed the challenger to the bill. He compared opponents of the bill to a "14 year ancient"

In a hearing earlier today on the controversial Cyber Intelligence Allotment and Protection Act (CISPA), Representative Mike Rogers dismissed the challenger to the bill. He compared opponents of the bill to a "14 year ancient"

Despite passing with 287 votes for versus 127 against in the House, CISPA still seems to have hardly any friends in the Senate. Last year the Senate's confess cybersecurity-focused bill, introduced by Senators Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins, built-in clearer

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