Senator Wonders If 'Pro-Botnet' Caucus Derailed His CISA Amendment
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sheldon-whitehouse-cisa-botnets_5627f40fe4b08589ef4a9b9d
A controversial amendment to an already controversial
cybersecurity bill, which would have expanded an archaic 1986
anti-hacking law, isn't going to get a vote in the U.S. Senate.
And Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who proposed the measure,
is frustrated. Whitehouse headed to the Senate floor on
Wednesday to point out that his amendment to the Cybersecurity
Information Sharing Act (CISA) is bipartisan and supported by
the Justice Department. After explaining what it would do, he
wondered if there were "some hidden pro-botnet, pro-foreign
cybercriminal caucus here that won't let a bill like mine get a
vote."
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"CISA. Either you support it, or you're a cybercriminal botnet lovin'
hippie freak!"
--Lauren--
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