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Bernie Sanders Comes Out Against CISA

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-share-my-info-bro dept.

erier2003 writes: Sen. Bernie Sanders' opposition to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act in its current form aligns him with privacy advocates and makes him the only presidential candidate to stake out that position, just as cybersecurity issues loom large over the 2016 election, from email server security to the foreign-policy implications of data breaches. The Senate is preparing to vote on CISA, a bill to address gaps in America's cyberdefenses by letting corporations share threat data with the government. But privacy advocates and security experts oppose the bill because customers' personal information could make it into the shared data.

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  1. impressed again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Another sensible and patriotic policy position by Bernie Sanders.

    1. Re:impressed again. by NoKaOi · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Weird times we live in when the only real American running for President is a socialist.

      You probably think that's weird because you don't know what a Democratic Socialist is. When Republicans or Hillary supporters talks about socialism, they're really talking about a different form of socialism - where everything is under control of the government - but then confuse you into thinking that's the type of socialist Bernie is. Democratic socialism is about making things fair (people making millions per year don't pay lower tax rate than their janitor) and economically secure (making sure you have access to medical care, enough to eat, housing, access to education etc without having to work 80 hours per week and not being able to save any money for retirement).

      Coming out against CISA shows this. CISA is about more government control. If Bernie was the type of socialist that Republicans and Hillary want you to think he is, he would be strongly in favor of CISA. Hillary and Republicans, conversely, are in favor of CISA. Isn't that pretty much the epitome of irony?

    2. Re:impressed again. by dave420 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You sound like a well-educated 8-year-old arguing why his country is the bestest in the world - lots of hyperbole, lots of massive (incorrect) generalizations, and dripping with conjecture. You're not making a very compulsive argument, but you are showing everyone just how ill-informed you are about the country you live in, and how quickly you will form an opinion with the scantest of evidence or opinion.

  2. Re:Just what we need.. by Dutchmaan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm just curious as to which candidate best fits your ideological stance...

    You do realize that in order for "no more bailouts" to be effective in not dragging our economy down if they are required, large companies (banks) need to be broken up into smaller more competitive (i.e. less powerful) entities. Banks like power, and don't want to be broken up into smaller more competitive chunks.

    ..and don't even get me started on reigning in the NSA. That's probably a bigger feat than breaking up the banks!

    How do you propose these be accomplished?

  3. Re:Rand Paul has been pushing privacy amendments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Even a blind squirrel encounters a nut on occasion. Rand Paul is against CISA because he wants to eliminate the entire federal government. NOAA, NWS, NASA, all would be gone so that UmbrellaCorp executives can get rich selling all of us the weather forecast (along with an umbrella). No national park service, no DOT to manage the interstate highways, no FAA to ensure that planes don't fall out of the sky and onto your house. Rand wants it all gone, replaced by the strong invisible hand of capitalism. Thanks but no thanks.

  4. Re:Just what we need.. by PRMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The bailouts should have COME WITH Antitrust legislation and a breakup. Especially since the reason we bailed them out is that they are "Too big to fail".

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    Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
  5. Re:Sorry, Bernie... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Obama got a significant number of votes because of his skin color.

    So did Mitt Romney and John McCain.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  6. Typical Leftist Slashdot and Samzenpus by EmagGeek · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Just completely ignore the fact that Rand Paul has been opposing CISA since the moment it was disclosed, and is far more of a privacy advocate than Bernie Sanders could ever be. The only reason Bernie is opposed to it is because he's scraping for votes. He's an admitted, unabashed, and unrepentant statist who thinks big government involvement in every detail of your life is the solution to the world's ills.