CISPA Author Ramps Up The FUD: Claims He Can't Sleep At Night Due To 'Unusual Source' Threatening Us
from the oh-come-on dept
Rep. Mike Rogers, who introduced CISPA, the infamous cybersecurity bill that was absolutely horrible when it came to privacy, is apparently trying to ramp up the FUD to get CISPA back on the legislative calendar, despite the Senate's decision to go in another direction (which eventually stalled out). In a new interview, he talked mysteriously about new threats from "unexpected sources" and even claimed he couldn't sleep at night because of them. But -- shh! -- he can't really talk about specifics:"We think there might be one last shot here -- maybe I'm just an eternal optimist -- to get this thing sparked back to life."It really was just a few days ago that we wondered if the government was going to start using stories of "new threats" to try to ram through legislation. That's basically been the plan all along. Tell scary ghost stories, none of which have any actual facts behind them, until people feel compelled to pass the bills. What's never mentioned is whether or not any of this is effective or a reasonable response. Also missing: any discussion of what is the actual problem being solved today. Rogers' CISPA bill, for example, focuses on information sharing, but fails to explain why the necessary information sharing is being blocked today, or why the bill can't just target the few issues that block such info sharing.
Driving the interest, he said, has been a series of briefings for key legislators "on what appears to be a new level of threat that would target networks from -- I've got to be careful here -- an unusual source."
Rogers has been giving fellow legislators a "glimpse" of this new danger. "I figured if I can't sleep at night, why should any other member of Congress?" He declined to describe the threat, citing the highly classified nature of the information. "I look really bad in orange -- those orange jumpsuits with the numbers on the back," he said to laughter.
Of course, at the very same time that he's telling scary ghost stories about monsters in our wires keeping him up at night, he's absolutely livid that no one in the White House came to talk to him about their own plan for a cybersecurity executive order. So, apparently, we're all going to die in the night if we don't let companies and the government spy on us more easily... but the White House's plan to do something about that is "irresponsible." Right.
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Ssshhhh.. Be vewy vewy quiet...
It's the Iranian textile industry! They plan to overwhelm us by invading our computers and forcing us to see hundreds of pictures of people in unfashionable orange clothing with the intent of driving us insane.
It is obvious we need CISPA to tackle that threat Mike Mohamed Masnick. Sheesh, stop with the terrorism apology will you?
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It must be those evil Reds under his bed making too much racket.
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Terrorist is the new Communist.
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Maybe we should start up a new study of Textual Criticism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textual_Criticism)
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Damn.. Aperture Science and Black Mesa must be real!!!
Headcrabs and Aliens guys!!! HEADCRABS AND FREAKIN ALIENS!!!!!!
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Does that mean Half Life 1 and 2 are actually historically accurate simulations?
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The Republican Trend
Like the "plans" Mitt Romney has, they are so damn comprehensive and "good" they would instantly spawn disbelief.
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How was that for a detailed plan?
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An unusual source?
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Tim Bedore wouldn't lie.
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Also, this same guy claims the US is losing the cyber-espionage war to China, Russia and the usual suspects, that we're heading towards - his words - a "cyber Pearl Harbor". Now, I'm no US Senator so I'm sure this is just a wacky idea - but how about NOT outsourcing our most advanced technology to be assembled by those wascally Chinese? Sure, they have tiny hands and work cheap, but they're our enemies, right Mr. Rogers?
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Neither is Rep. Rogers.
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It's pretty goddamn ironic that they're calling pirates thieves when they're doing the same fucking thing.
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unexpected sources
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great, another thing to bitch about..
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What would be the MOST unexpected source?
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isn't it obvious
And he can't say anything about these illegal acts because he'd be arrested for whistle blowing.
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There are medications that can help with that
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actually, nvm, i don't see a downside there.
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Frightening Revelation Forthwith
I know! This threat .. (ahem) comes from a concentrated mass of coordinated and cunning stunts. .. or was it .. Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I must find a way to infiltrate this coordinated mass, and soon.
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a man who tells half-lies...
So he feeds meaningless statements to the public, in order to get an irrational public reaction, which he can take into back rooms to barter with, and none of it really has anything to do with the legislation he's pushing, which he doesn't actually care about, and which will cost the public dearly long after he retires.
Am I developing a mental illness, or insight into national politics?
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Unusual Source
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Let's make a deal
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Botnets
His security mates do not want him to talk about botnets because they have made pathetically poor progress in dealing with them. There are plenty of things that could be done about botnets, but governments worldwide have not done them. They do not want anybody asking any awkward questions about the lack of runs on the board.
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Total twaddle
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We really need to do something about these terrorists.
We shouldn't tolerate terrorists like Mr. Mike Rogers. Not within this land!
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Hint: On the government operations side it's all about money, and on the political side it's all about staying in power.
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I couldn't sleep either...
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USG is the enemy
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Pass it or else?
That sounds like a Terrorist Threat.
Maybe he should subject to extraordinary rendition and coercive interrogation himself?
I'm not afraid of goat herders or 3rd world dictators. The only reason they're dangerous at all is because crypto-fascist elements in our own government trained and armed them.
Operation Northwoods anyone?
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They can not win
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