Controversial Cybersecurity Legislation Amended But Many Say Privacy Still a Concern
- Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:00pm by
Liz Klimas
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The privacy concerns voiced in recent weeks over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing Protection Act have been amended to an extent before the proposed legislation heads into a House vote at the end of this week.
(Related: CISPA: How the new cyber-security bill isn‘t SOPA but some say it’s ‘just as bad’)
The bill was drafted with Representatives Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) as co-sponsors in an effort to help provide a legal framework for business and the government to share information about cyberattacks. But, as the Huffington Post notes, online privacy advocates and civil liberties groups stated the language about the information on consumers businesses could share was too broad.
Rep. Mike Rogers (Photo: MikeRogers.house.gov)
One of the amendments was to restrict the government’s use of information it received from businesses to “cybersecurity, investigating and prosecuting cyber crime, protecting ‘individuals from death or serious bodily harm,’ protecting minors from child pornography, and ensuring national security.”
Of the amendments, the Center for Democracy & Technology, which was opposed to much of this legislation, said in a statement the progress was good but still not enough:
“In sum, good progress has been made. The Committee listened to our concerns and has made important privacy improvements and we applaud the Committee for doing so. However, the bill falls short because of the remaining concerns — the flow of internet data directly to the NSA and the use of information for purposes unrelated to cybersecurity. We support amendments to address these concerns. Recognizing the importance of the cybersecurity issue, in deference to the good faith efforts made by Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger, and on the understanding that amendments will be considered by the House to address our concerns, we will not oppose the process moving forward in the House. We will focus on the amendments and subsequently on the Senate.”
The Huffington Post reports Rogers stating he is pleased with the amendments and that he believes it will have enough support to pass in this Friday’s House vote.
It is still not without its opponents. The Electronic Frontier Foundation maintains its discontent over the proposed legislation, calling some of the amdendments “meaningless.” It states, “the immunity exemptions and weak federal liability combine to create a bill that allows forspying on users who are unable to hold companies and the government accountable.”
Another interesting, perhaps less expected, opponent is the American Library Association. In a statement ALA President Molly Raphael said “The ALA has long supported strong privacy protections as part of our community’s larger commitment to the First Amendment and civil liberties,” said Raphael. “We cannot stand by silently and let a federal law trump all of the federal and state laws that protect personal privacy. This is especially so when a bill like H.R. 3523 allows for an excessive amount of information that could be shared between the private sector and the government.
“We need balance between what our country must do for cybersecurity and the privacy values that we must protect,” said Raphael.
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul has also come out against CISPA, stating it would create a “big brother” culture. Listen to Paul’s thoughts on CISPA:
A White House official said earlier this week there is a need for cybersecurity legislation, but the Guardian reports as a whole, the Obama administration is opposed:
Alec Ross, a senior adviser for innovation to Hillary Clinton, reiterated the administration’s opposition to the proposals in more explicit language than previous statements from officials.
“The Obama administration opposes Cispa,” he told the Guardian. “The president has called for comprehensive cybersecurity legislation. There is absolutely a need for comprehensive cybersecurity legislation.
“[But] part of what has been communicated to congressional committees is that we want legislation to come with necessary protections for individuals.”
The bill does have widespread bipartisan support in Congress and among many businesses and tech companies. The Huffington Post notes Rogers saying there is a reason for the support it is receiving in the private sector and that’s because they “need help” and are “absolutely under siege.”
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Demosthenik
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:11pmOh, look. All the Blaze‘s hero’s voted for it. Whodathunk? This whole community is full of it. I‘m going to emulate the Blaze’s use of sensational all caps in every headline for this: YOUR FAVORITE PEOPLE VOTE FOR THIS CRAP. Idiots.
Report Post »Harpotoo
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 9:43amToo late! Obummercare puts all of our medical records on the web meaning you dont own them anymore and if they are stolen/info hacked you have no recourse and no one to hold accountable! Internet privacy my arse!
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 8:38am“We need balance between what our country must do for cybersecurity and the privacy values that we must protect,”
Uh no, you protect freedom. Let us protect ourselves on the internet. I worked in the intel world for over 10 years. There are already Intelligence Oversight laws that we are briefed on annually stating the government CAN NOT spy on an American Citizen unless they are suspected of espionage, terrorism, or some federal crime. Then they must get judicial approval. So they are backdooring it by saying “It’s private business gathering intelligence, not us.” This cannot stand. I’m writing my congressman today!
Report Post »DRAGONSEED
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 12:09amNobody online is ‘safe’ or ‘secure’ or ‘private,’ imo, until America OUTLAWS GOOGLE‘S FRIGGIN’ SNOOPING AT EVERYTHING WE DO–including on this site. And that’s not likely to ever happen, now, is it? Too many $$$ involved–and, obviously, certain “Agencies” are benefiting from google’s ever-watchful eye and ever-sniffing nose.
Report Post »resme
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:15pmCosponsors of cispa.
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Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger [D-MD2]
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resme
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:18pmRep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA5] (joined Jan 18, 2012)
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resme
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:19pmRep. William “Bill” Shuster [R-PA9] (joined Feb 16, 2012)*
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resme
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:22pmRep. William Owens [D-NY23] (joined Mar 29, 2012)
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Get busy calling your local congressman, This must be stopped.
Once again, Ron Paul is standing up for freedom.
Thank you.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 8:46amMICHELLE BACHMANN?!
“Et tu Brute?”
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 11:22amSquidVetOhio
Report Post »“MICHELLE BACHMANN?! ”
Oh Yes! Bachmann is right up there with Allen West when it time to stand up for the Constitution, Freedom and Liberties. The Heroes of the so called Conservatives.
c0mm0nsense
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:49pmOnce again it’s Ron Paul all alone out in Front Fighting for our Freedom, Liberty and the Constitution.
May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great crisis, stood up to their politicians, the opinion – makers, and the establishment, and saved their country. ~ Ron Paul
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:10pmGive me Rand then!
Don’t you think there are MANY who do NOT appreciate the choices offered at the buffet??
It’s down to ABO at this point. Don‘t you think I know our forefathers’ are rolling right now?
Report Post »SaintzOfAk
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:31pmCISPA, ACTA, PIPA, SOPA…this is all Obviously! a consolodated global push to seize control of communications. There is literally a new bill every month so far this year concerning Internet Regulation. Combine that with NDAA, Patriot Act, the new NSA Intelligence Center (Utah), TSA, DHS, FEMA…you would literally! have to be one dumb SOB to not take notice of something very sinister taking place right in front of our very eyes. I have 0!!! interest in arguing with any fool who thinks this is all conspiracy theory nonsense….OPEN YOUR GDAMN EYES SHEEP!
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:55pmAgreed, this is another attempt to seize more power and control. I could care less what Republicans support it. I am opposed to government control over our lives, no matter which side it comes from.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJC5Zw-ggrc
DRAGONSEED
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 12:11amVery well said–and a nice summation of THE PROBLEM.
Report Post »SaintzOfAk
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 3:19amI wouldn‘t say something like this if i wasn’t certain in my heart and gut about it. I believe if we see another 4 years of Obama, there will be widespread violence across this country. Call it Revolution, call it what you want, but this is what they are anticipating by such laws as NDAA. This entire world is about to head into a manufactured darkness like we’ve never experienced B4, and these power hungry psychopaths will stop at nothing at this point to achieve total control. This is a F***** WAR, and it’s about Damn! time we start treating it like one in our civic duties as Americans. I can tell you one thing 4 sure. The fact that a large shareholder in the “FOREIGN” private company counting our votes this election happens to be Darth Soros, makes the hair on my back stand straight up. As a grown man i must admit, for the 1st time in my adult life i’m genuinely frightened…White as a sheet, but mad as hell and ready to fight.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:21pmThis is the BOTTOM LINE !!!!
Article IV of the Bill of Rights states:
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses and papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall NOT BE VIOLATED, and NO WARRANTS shall issue, but upon PROBABLE CAUSE, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly descibing the place to be searched, and or persons or things to be seized”
Any Official that violates their oath to uphold the Constitution, are treasonist enemies of the American people.
I DON”T CARE about a VOTE in the House, Senate, or a decision from the oval office.
I DON‘T CARE if the Global Elite’s Federal Reserve PRIVATE Bank aquired the Corporation of the United States of America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCs7u1ihws
I don’t Acknowledge ANY of these clowns as having ANY AUTHORITY over me !!!!!
The founding fathers HATED democracy !!!!
They said NO ONE can VOTE on ANYTHING when it came to my Constitutonal Rights !!!!!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RewUP-Fdhqk
Leadthemtothelight
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:17pmGod help us all. Please deliver us from the over reach of our government.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:05pmWrite congress about CISPA here https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8444
Report Post »groundzero
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:02pmSTOP passing NEW laws and CUT THE DEBT @SSHOLE
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:58pmThis bill is one more in a long line of freedom stealing bills. I doubt it will pass, but eventually one like it will. I mean up until 5 months ago none of us thought our government could kill us or indefinitely detain us but they can now.
Of the three presidential candidates left two of them supported the NDAA.
Wake up, there is still time to save this country.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:52pmThe “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection” Act – An upgraded version of the “Stop Online Policy” and “Protect IP” Acts. This privacy-invading bill will literally allow the government and pivate companies to have unwarranted access to your e-mails and text messages so that they’ll be able to arbitrarily prevent them from reaching their destinations, all in the name of “combating cyber-terrorism.” This is yet another another attack towards the First Amendment right of free speech in the case of the Internet.
Source: https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8444
Report Post »DRAGONSEED
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 12:15amYou said “This privacy-invading bill will literally allow the government and pivate companies to have unwarranted access to your e-mails and text messages…”
Don’t you think they are already doing all that? From all appearances, this is already being done, and these kinds of sweeping legislations are basically to codify (and extend) practices already in place. Seems like there was something involving AT&T and privacy in the recent past along these lines…
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:48pmRon Paul is right again.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:42pmFreedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:41pmLeave the First Amendment alone
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:40pmThey don’t care what you serfs think. The Nobility(Republican, Neocon,, Democrat, CBC, Progressives, etc. answer to higher authority, the Globalist Banker Elite, the UN, NATO, the NWO, etc. To them, you are just “Carbon Based Life Forms Infesting the Earth”( – paraphrase V GER). Is it possible to create a truly independent party not controlled by the NWO?
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:01pmYou have been down the rabbit hole. It is an incredible journey, isn’t it?
The Banksters have won the real life monopoly game, own everything, and won’t let us start over.
They want us to quit, for good.
The Great culling has begun.
You obviously know they want 1 billion (initially 500 million) on the planet to enslave literally, and not just financially.
Report Post »1 billion is “sustainable” and Controllable.
slr4528
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:31pmSo Obama thinks this current bill is not good enough because we need “comprehensive” cybersecurity legislation? Is that right? I get really nervous and scared when Obama says we need “comprehensive” cybersecurity legislation.
Report Post »tharpdevenport
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:30pmI warned The Blaze about this, after reading the whole Bill, which isn’t that long. But long enough. It’s been a month since I read it, but as I recall:
They get to decide who can access this information.
You have no right to sue them, know why they are after you, or even whom they are.
The powers are braod and ambiguous, leaving scary power in the hands on left-wing politicians and lawmakers.
And while it was aimed at threats to national security, specifically online ones, when you have a Vice President calling us terrorists; the DOS making reports, videos and comments how white religious people are terrorists and not everybody else; that Congressman (or woman — I forget whom) who said we are terrorists; or a GOP candidate, the Ronulan, saying our military are “occupiers”, and so forth, and so forth, just what constitues a person as a threat to online security? We’re not gonna get to see the rules after all.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:45pm@TharPDavenport
“The powers are broad and ambiguous, leaving scary power in the hands of left-wing politicians and lawmakers.”
In case you’ve forgotten, it wasn’t just a Democrat that sponsored this bill – Mike Rogers, the REPUBLICAN, helped Dutch Ruppersberger (the Democrat) in drafting this speech-censoring bill; hence, this means that the right-wing politicians will have just as much access to these ambiguous powers as the left-wing politicians have. In summarization, this ISN’T a Left vs. Right, Democrat vs. Republican issue. It’s a LIBERTY vs. TYRANNY issue. Until people start understanding this, they’ll always wonder about how the government has gotten out of control with its excessive un-Constitutional power, even when the answer is already right in front of them.
Report Post »tharpdevenport
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:47pmIndeed, it was cosonposed by 72 Republicans, and 16 Democrats. Special mention goes to the following Republicans who warned against SOPA, but yet voted for this:
Paul Broun (GA, district 10)
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ, district 11)
This is not a full list, just came up while looking up information.
Lyberty & tyranny issue aside,if we hadn’t had a Clinton and Obama administration, and — frankly — a George W. Bush aadministration, that had Democrat houses that abused our liberty further and further, paying homage to Wilson and F.D.R. more than they could have hoped for, out main problem would be just “liberty” via idiotic establishement Republicans, spending our money but at a far, far slower pace. I’ll take defending for our liberty from Congressmen that occassionally listen, over fighting tryrany from a mixture of -isms that don’t listen to and insults us, call us racist, terrorists, etc.
We understand well, most of us, but under a spra-nationalist Marxist semi dictator Golfer-in-cheif with conrad Democrat Congressmen swaying them, we have worry still over the Democrat party, which had changed mores and beliefs — meaning it won’t matter for a long while who runs as a Democrat. See the enemy, identify it, and achieve victory — over them. Not emmulate our fearless vacationer-in-cheif and refuse to name it or deal with it.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:18pmYes, we staved off 1984 for awhile, but the ManorXXXAnimal Farm is coming to bloom.
What a nice thought though-a GOP and a DEM sponsoring a bill to protect Privacy Rights…who woulda thunk it???
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:39pmIf two parties with two sets of bad ideas cooperate, the result is not good policy, but policy that is extremely bad.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:17pmThe American people have to understand that they are not limited to 2 parties.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:06pmHave never worried about needing protection from the federal government until this administration. The executive orders, the unions mobs, the DOJ, the IRS, the Occupiers. This is one Big Brother crew like something out of a bad science fiction movie. 1984…just running a little late…
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:15pmSame here. We are living in creepy times.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:18pmI’ve said before and paraphrasing Michelle Obama……….For the first time in my life I am afraid of my government. Hell of a thing isn’t it?
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