White House Threatens CISPA Veto as House Moves on Cybersecurity Bills

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The authors of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act are disappointed the WhitenHouse issued a veto threat on CISPA Tuesday despite their offering several amendments aimed atnstrengthening the bill's privacy provisions. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, RMich.,nand Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., the ranking member, argued for the need to pass the bill, whichnthey said would permit the private and public sectors to share cyberthreat information, ahead of thenHouse's scheduled consideration of the bill Wednesday and Thursday. The House overwhelmingly passednthree cybersecurity bills Tuesday and heard from the administration's top cybersecurity officials during anclosed cybersecurity briefing Tuesday afternoon. Attending the briefing were Homeland Security SecretarynJanet Napolitano, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of the U.S.nCyber Command.