One of Texas' finest wants to execute hackers, and it looks like he is going to get his way. Good God what a dumb-fuck.

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"Until we secure our cyber infrastructure, a few keystrokes and an Internet connection is all one needs to disable the economy and endanger lives," said CSEA sponsor Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the subcommittee's chairman. "A mouse can be just as dangerous as a bullet or a bomb."

First off, a few keystrokes aint going to do squat. It would take a great deal of a very specialized skill, as well as a target that is open, due to a non-qualified administrator. Then what, I very much doubt that this hypothetical hacker would be able to disable the ECONOMY, and how could a mouse be as dangerous as a bullet or a bomb...

The CSEA states that ISP's may divulge private information where "an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of the information without delay."

Jim Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology states, "We have serious problems with [that part of CSEA]. It expands disclosure authority to include disclosures to any government entity: State, local, federal and even foreign. It allows carriers to disclose information in response to any government request when government claims an emergency with no oversight, no accountability after the fact."

It's interesting to note that much of the stronger language in the CSEA was done under pressure of the Bush administration. It's also interesting to note that the new version of CSEA bumped it's funding up from $57.5 million for the NIPC to $125 million for the 2003 fiscal year.

I'm pissed off / swift