Wednesday 25 April 2012

Obama officially opposes CISPA but bill might still go through


The Obama administration has formally declared its opposition to the draconian Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
CISPA is up for vote in Congress this week, but a top White House official has now confirmed that President Obama and his closest officers are opposed to the bill.
Once the United States Congress has voted on CISPA, and if the vote successful, the next step is to pass it up the line to Obama for his signature.
The Guardian has reported that Alec Ross, a senior adviser to Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, has reiterated that top officials under President Obama are pushing to keep the legislation from being signed... read full article.

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