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  1. December 22, 2009, 02:10 PM #1
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    Default US appoints Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity chief

    The White House has appointed its cyber tsar, following a seven month search.

    Howard Schmidt, a former eBay and Microsoft executive who advised President Bush, was appointed after others turned down the job.

    Mr Schmidt has been set the task of uniting various disparate agencies and organisations to shore up the country's defence against cyber attack.

    In May this year, President Obama pledged to personally appoint someone to the post.
    In a letter posted on the White House website, John Brennan, assistant to the President for homeland security and counterterrorism said that protecting the internet was "critical to our national security, public safety and our personal privacy and civil liberties".
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8427015.stm
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  2. December 24, 2009, 09:44 AM #2
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    Default Re: US appoints Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity chief

    It's funny how that Brennan guy spoke about how it 'protects personal privacy and civil liberties'.

    What a joke.

    Hell the reason so many would turn that job down is because its a BS post to begin with. We don't need a captain of the internet.
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  3. December 24, 2009, 09:57 AM #3
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    Lol.
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  4. December 24, 2009, 10:12 AM #4
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    Default Re: US appoints Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity chief

    protecting the internet was "critical to our public safety and our personal privacy and civil liberties".
    Ha, ha, ha.
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  5. December 24, 2009, 10:20 AM #5
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    Default Re: US appoints Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity chief

    Is there a point the OP wished to make?
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  6. December 24, 2009, 03:44 PM #6
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    Default Re: US appoints Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity chief

    Rofl. Now internet is real life
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