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Biden: Uh, he said "beaux" Obama.


Obama: Excellent.]]>May 29th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
In Soviet America...... ]]>May 29th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
AHAHAHAHAH!!!]]>May 29th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
No sir, they are saying Obooooooma

Where you saying booo or Oboooooma?

booooooo!]]>May 29th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/We have a

War Czar,
Terrorism Czar,
Drug Czar,
Porn Czar.

We pretty much have Czar for anything to trip up the average Slashdot reader.
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And people said Bush was an Orwellian nightmare. He was a rank amateur compared to this guy, and we aren't even 6 months in yet. ]]>May 29th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
He is soooo one of us. /s]]>May 29th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
There's a good deal of difference between a government official securing the government's network and the entire nation's network. I'm fine with this the extent of this person's authority ends outside the public domain; however, if it reaches into the private sector then that is going too far.

And I see no reason to believe that the policies this person will be allowed to implement will not extend to the private citizen. ]]>May 30th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/He also has a Flickr channel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/]]>May 30th 2009 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
"...the office will also be tasked with protecting privacy and civil liberties." What and how they can protect, means they can easily gain access to without just cause. But you know, only for your protection.....


I saw this on the news and if he thinks a Czar (or team) can really "secure" the internet, then he is truly delusional. Just wait, pretty soon they will be censoring the inter---

[Message Edited by Cybersecurity Czar]]]>May 29th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
That's an awesome name.]]>May 29th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
Right now I am more concerned about North Korea testing nuclear weapons and missiles. They are not "supposed", so what is our fearless leader going to do to stop that. Go sit down and have talks with a man that obviously does not give a crap about the "rules" that apply? I never could understand why we play by the "rules" when our enemies could care less about the "rules" of war. But at the same rate following the "rules" probably makes us more human.....lose/lose situation.]]>May 29th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
You make a very good point. The whole following the rules of war thing is a very big broad idea that can be hard to grasp, especially as it applies to dealing with 4G warfare. There are a lot of points to consider when it comes to things like the Geneva Conventions and following restrictive ROE. It was something I always wondered about in college myself and I heard plenty of arguments about it in different classes (pre and post 9/11). It wasn't until OCS that I was given the best explanation. 1) We follow the rules simply because it separates us from them. For us this is important. Yes, we are violent, efficient killing machines. We roll through places and knock down or blow up anything in our path and zip anything with a weapon that so much as flinches (as long as the ROE calls for that at least). At the same time we are professional warriors. The Army does a better job of overstating this constantly but it is something that is prevalent in all branches. Part of our core values taught from the very beginning were Integrity and Justice. Following the rules of war are part of this. Even if it may cost us sometimes, what we earn in respect from our allies (and more importantly, our enemies) is worth more. This applies even at the diplomatic level. Besides sometimes the threat of us showing up on you beach is a lot more powerful than us actually going there.

The second thing applies more to direct combat and doesn't really matter here, but a live enemy tells you a whole lot more information than a dead one. You would be surprised by how grateful some people can be of some medical treatment, a shower and hot meal.]]>May 29th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
You mistake retribution with prevention. The goal of the position is to implement effective security policies to prevent breaches by creating and managing a coalition of interested government and private interested parties and aiding them in implementing sufficient security controls and architecture within areas of their responsibility. The intent is to create an infrastructure that is resistant to intrusion or disruption. In short, the position is very little different from a CSO or CISO position within a modern enterprise- someone to organize efforts to manage risk and protect assets rather than track down attackers.

It remains the role of our various intelligence agencies to resolve the external factors in breaches, not the security czar. ]]>May 29th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/I would call that: preparing america public opinion to accept a much controled/censured internet.
(it seems the propaganda paid off)]]>May 29th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 30th 2009 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
End.]]>May 29th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
So much for your messiah.]]>May 29th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/
Past administrations' actions are not an excuse. For instance, if your older brother had knocked up his teenage girlfriend, would that make you think it is a good idea for you to do the same? Seriously, Obama supporters can't keep using Bush's policies as an excuse for Obama's. Just how long will it be before they start holding him accountable for his own actions?]]>May 30th 2009 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 30th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/white-house-pentagon-announce-plans-for-new-cybersecurity-posit/May 29th 2009 4:37PM