“The White House’s acting cybersecurity czar announced her resignation Monday, in a setback to the Obama administration’s efforts to better protect the computer networks critical to national security and the global economy,” Siobhan Gorman reports for The New York Times. “The resignation of Melissa Hathaway, Barack Obama’s choice to monitor the nation’s online security, is a blow for the administration, which had made the position a priority.”
“The resignation highlights the difficulty the White House has had following through on its cybersecurity effort… Obama first outlined his cybersecurity plans in a high-profile speech May 29, announcing his intention to create a top White House cybersecurity post — a position he has yet to fill,” Gorman reports. “Melissa Hathaway, who completed the Obama administration’s cybersecurity review in April, said in an interview that she was leaving for personal reasons… People familiar with the matter said Ms. Hathaway has been ‘spinning her wheels’ in the White House, where the president’s economic advisers sought to marginalize her politically.”
Gorman reports, “Ms. Hathaway had initially been considered a leading contender to fill the cyber post permanently. She lost favor with the president’s economic team after she said it should consider options for regulating some private-sector entities to ensure they secure their networks, said cybersecurity specialists familiar with the discussions. Being a holdover from the Bush administration didn’t help either, they said.”
Gorman reports, “Cybersecurity experts inside and outside the government heralded Mr. Obama’s May 29 speech, but since then, several people have turned down offers for the job. ‘It’s almost like the system has become paralyzed,’ said Tom Kellermann, a former World Bank cybersecurity official who served on a commission whose work influenced the White House’s cyber planning.”
“In recent weeks, new front-runners have emerged, including a former Clinton assistant defense secretary, Franklin Kramer, and Howard Schmidt, a former top security officer at eBay Inc. who has served on several presidential cybersecurity panels,” Gorman reports. “Ms. Hathaway said she took her name out of the running two weeks ago. ‘I finished what they asked me to do,’ she said, noting she has set up and staffed the bulk of the cybersecurity office.”
More details in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Jen” for the heads up.]
@ Artist,
Want to set up a pool as to how long it takes the wingnuts to push this to 3 pages?
I wish Bush was back. Great economy, respect for people and their rights, integrity, classy, smart, group of leaders.
These people who are in charge now are beyond scary. They are out to destroy the US and take as much power as they possibly can and try to guarantee that they will get re-elected forever due to all of their takeovers, lies, liberty, and private property stealing policies.
These are very dark days for the US. Wake up you liberal drones before it’s too late.
This health care issue is the biggest power grab yet. Why won’t the congress get on the same program. They won’t answer those questions when asked at the town hall meeting. The 47 million uninsured number is made up. Many illegal aliens, many young people who CAN afford to buy health care but choose not to, and older people too who decide to go without health insurance. The real number is down around 10 million. We don’t have to destroy the best health care system in the world over 10 million people. Other things can be done to help these people. The government will be rationing and deciding who lives and dies. Liberals will get bumped up in the line faster, all kinds of bad and evil things will go on. Forget about new technologies and treatments. This is a god damn disaster in the making. Throw in Cap and Tax and we are done as a nation.
She had to resign because she paid her taxes. Made the rest of them look bad.
Obama is horrific! Complete liar. He will say anything. Out of control group in charge.
6 million more people on food stamps compared to a year ago. The economy is tanking. Tax cuts will stimulate the economy and improve everyone’s situation. Bigger government and raising taxes will kill the economy.
Only one page? I’m disappointed in you all.
@ Henry,
You need to look at a little history, not merely accept the talking-points ‘tax cuts uber alles’ position. Then you’ll see that modest, targeted tax increases can actually stimulate the economy, while tax cuts per se — especially for the wealthy ala Bush W — do not generate more economic growth. Look at the Clinton & Reagan decades for the main example.
Complete BS dude. Clinton took credit for the Bush 1 recovery. A Republican majority in congress kept the libs from doing the sick things that this group is doing. Raising taxes do not help. Nothing Obama or this group or doing is being done in a modest way. They have spent more than all US presidents ever in the first 3 months. Not to mention the laundry list of craziness going on. These people want to destroy liberty and private property. They want to destroy the best health care system on the planet. These people are so full of it it’s unbelievable. The next two election cycles can’t come soon enough. This isn’t going to 3 pages because everyone knows these liberals are completely out of control. How can anyone defend them.
Obama is smart. Proof: he gets 4 X more death threats than Bush.
A clear sign he is shaking the stupid violent dummies!
Bush wasn’t out to destroy the US. These people are. How anyone can be happy about any of this is beyond me. Obama may be book smart but he has never run a business and really has nothing in common with the average US citizen. He pretty much despises all of us and thinks he’s above us. He is the absolute biggest liar to ever sit in that office. Worse than anyone. These people want to communize the US. Communism does not work and will destroy the US. I could fill a book talking about all of their horrific tactics that are being deployed on the US right now. All I can say is 2010 and 2012 can’t come soon enough. We need to vote these freaks of nature out pronto.
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