SecurityRatty: Report: Government's Cyber-Security Plan Is Riddled With New Spying Programs

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Report: Government's Cyber-Security Plan Is Riddled With New Spying Programs

2008-05-15 19:30:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security

Major parts of the government's proposed $17 billion computer-security plan are actually spying programs, according to a Senate committee's budget report. The committee also faulted the plan for excessive secrecy around privacy and civil liberties issues and for funding experimental and possibly illegal technologies.