NSA revelations throw wrench into lawmakers' cybersecurity push

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http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/308563-nsa-revelations-throw-wrench-into-cybersecurity-push

By Brendan Sasso
Hillicon Valley
The Hill
06/30/13

Revelations about the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance 
programs could make it more difficult for Congress to pass cybersecurity 
legislation.

Civil liberties groups have long argued that the House's cybersecurity 
bill, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), could 
allow vast batches of private online information to fall into the hands of 
the NSA.

The House passed CISPA earlier this year, but the Senate is still in 
preliminary talks about its own cybersecurity legislation.

News that the NSA has been collecting records on virtually all U.S. phone 
calls and monitoring certain Internet users through a program called PRISM 
have brought privacy fears to the front burner in recent weeks.

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