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Ah ... the life of a "journalist." I don't think of myself that way, but now I have a couple of confidential sources (or so it seems). Attached here is the Whitehouse-Kyl compromise language for replacing Title I of the Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Act of 2012. I haven't read it fully yet and may have more analysis on Monday, but at first glance I'm not sure it is much of change in substance, though a clear change in style. One major CAVEAT: I'm told that negotiations continue over the weekend -- and there is clearly much bracketed language even in this text. "Your final text may vary ..."
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
