Cyber-Security Czar To Be Named

The Washington Post and everybody else is reporting that on Tuesday President Obama will name Howard A. Schmidt as cyber-security czar. Schmidt was an advisor to President Bush on cyber-security matters. The Post rehearses the reasons why the Obama administration has had difficulty in finding someone for the post, and notes that the turf battles did not start in this administration: "Schmidt was chosen after a long process in which dozens of people were sounded out. Many declined the post, largely out of concern that the job conferred much responsibility with little true authority, some of them said. Meanwhile, the cybersecurity chief at the National Security Council, Christopher Painter, has served as the de facto coordinator, trying to push ahead the 60-day cyberspace policy review plan unveiled by Obama in May. That plan's formulation was led by Melissa Hathaway, who resigned in frustration in August after delays in naming a cyber-coordinator. She had been a contender for the position... Schmidt served as special adviser for cyberspace security from 2001 to 2003 and shepherded the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, a plan that then was largely ignored. He left that job also frustrated, colleagues said."

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Yet another LITTLE KING

[Anonymous Coward]

Aern't you guys paying attention? Our country is benig overrun buy these UNELECTED leaders!!

That's not in the CONSTITUION! Its from RUSSIA! happy party members get to b leadrs!!

Hale to the thief comerad number 1. we need to recall Nobama he's ruining the contriy with socialsm and destroying our DEMOCRACY with comunism! did u vote for the czars/KINGS? I sure didnt

Why do yuo think were in a recessoin and headed towwards a global crash??

if you don't have health insurance

[circletimessquare]

and you have a heart attack, the hospital cannot turn you away, for simple ethical reasons. so when the bill comes due, and you can't pay, i have to pay for that out of my pocket. this is an imposition on MY freedom

if you have a car accident and have no insurance, they suspend your license. is this a horrible imposition on your freedom? no, its a horrible imposition on everyone else's freedom to drive around without insurance, and you deserve to be punished

if you understand that simple common sense, maybe you understand why you HAVE to buy insurance, and if you do not have insurance and you cost the taxpayers $20K to cover your hospital bills, you SHOULD be punished, for imposing on everyone else

there's no such thing as freedom from responsibility, asshole

Re:if you don't have health insurance

[Shakrai]

EVERYONE is thinking about 'me me me' and the bottom line on THEIR wallet.

My god, the nerve of wanting to keep the money you've labored to earn. The nerve I tell you!

If we cut Military spending in half and quit tried being the world's big brother we could easily fund full health care for everyone in the US

Except the rest of the world doesn't want us to do this. To be sure, they hem and haw when we wield our military power -- but taken as a whole the US is a stabilizing force on the world and nobody wants that to go away. Even some Chinese leaders have been quoted as saying that they see this as America's place in the world (at least for the time being)

I got to take all 8 days of vacation to India this year for a wedding where I met quite a few travelers from Europe. Not a single one has this mentality. Not a single one worried about how those 'bums' were imposing on 'their' freedom.

And in many (most?) parts of Europe they don't have real free speech, can't keep and bear arms and are slowly having their rights taken away by an unelected cabal of bureaucrats in Brussels. As with everything in life, it's a trade-off. Just because you are willing to pay 70% income taxes and surrender your liberty doesn't mean the rest of us are.

We are the only country that has no mandatory parental leave

Umm, I take it you've never heard of FMLA?

We also have the proud distinction of being the only country with 0 minimum days of vacation. [wikipedia.org].

So what? You do realize that if you mandate vacation time you raise the cost of hiring new employees to the point that many businesses just won't bother, right? Again, everything is a trade-off.

Hopefully when you reach the age you need to move into a home, your family makes the right decision and just has you euthanized instead, wouldn't want you imposing on their freedoms.

My family won't have to make that choice because I'm setting aside money for that possibility and will probably invest in long term care insurance as well.

Now I await my -1 off-topic mod even though you've got a +5 for something that's equally off-topic. Right-of-center political ideas = off-topic, even in political discussions. Left-of-center political ideas = +5 insightful, regardless of the story at hand.