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Democratic Lawmaker Vouches for Bush Administration's Secret Plan to End Cyber War

Kevin Poulsen writes on Threat Level:

You'd think by this point House Democrats would be a little leery when the Bush administration comes up a new threat that it says can only be combated by a secret, warrantless NSA surveillance program requiring assistance from the private sector.

But it's official: TCP is the new WMD, and at least one prominent Democratic lawmaker is now eager to help the intelligence community prevent Cybarmageddon.

In a jointly-authored op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal, intelligence director Mike McConnell joins with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (Calif.), a subcommittee chair on the House Intelligence Committee, to warn that "a cyber attack could be more devastating economically than Sept. 11."

posted by Fergie @ 4/02/2008 01:55:00 PM