Obama Admin Wants Hackers Charged As Mobsters

GovTechGuy writes "The Obama administration wants hackers to be prosecuted under the same laws used to target organized crime syndicates, according to two officials appearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. From the article: 'Associate Deputy Attorney General James Baker and Secret Service Deputy Special Agent in Charge Pablo Martinez said the maximum sentences for cyber crimes have failed to keep pace with the severity of the threats. Martinez said hackers are often members of sophisticated criminal networks. "Secret Service investigations have shown that complex and sophisticated electronic crimes are rarely perpetrated by a lone individual," Martinez said.'"

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Re:Too bad

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Teabaggers don't care about lower taxes any more than anyone else does. While Bush/Cheney and their Republican Congress were busy running up $TRILLIONS in debt and destroying the economy that could pay it off, Teabaggers were busy voting for them.

Teabaggers care about threats to create fear to force political change. That is the definition of terrorist. It's also the definition of teabaggers.