Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who said that Einstein 3 could only be discussed in a classified setting, speaks at the RSA conference on Wednesday. (Credit: James Martin/CNET)Feds Weigh Expansion Of Internet Monitoring -- CNET
SAN FRANCISCO--Homeland Security and the National Security Agency may be taking a closer look at Internet communications in the future.
The Department of Homeland Security's top cybersecurity official told CNET on Wednesday that the department may eventually extend its Einstein technology, which is designed to detect and prevent electronic attacks, to networks operated by the private sector. The technology was created for federal networks.
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My Comment: If this was happening under President George Bush .... I can just hear the howls of protest from the main stream media, the Democrats, internet and web based companies and privacy advocacy groups, and a thousand liberal organizations.
But under President Obama .... nothing. Not even a peep.
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