NO TO HR 624 CYBERSECURITY BILL IS MISLABELED TO FOOL US!

Submitted by: BobJen Tell your representatives to say "no" to H.R. 624 -  Congressmen/ Congresswomen. Http://www.house.gov/representatives/#name_b . "So far, the American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Democracy and Technology and other privacy advocates are not won over by the changes."  CISPA was worked on behind closed doors.  So tell your Representatives to vote it down again. http://benton.org/node/149378 Cybersecurity bill advances in House Submitted: April 10, 2013 - Author: Jennifer Martinez Location: House Committee on Intelligence, Washington, DC, 20515, United States      The House Intelligence Committee passed a controversial cybersecurity bill on an 18-2 vote. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, known as CISPA, is expected to be voted on in the House next week with a set of other cybersecurity-focused bills. House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), the authors of the bill, expressed optimism that the markup vote signaled they have enough momentum to pass CISPA through the House, as it did last year.     A set of six amendments backed by Reps Rogers and Ruppersberger were incorporated into the bill during the markup. Among the approved changes, the bill would require the government to strip personal information from the cyber threat data they receive from companies. The Intelligence panel also agreed to strike a provision from the bill that would allow the government to broadly use the information for "national security purposes.' Many of the amendments were aimed at allaying the concerns of privacy groups and the White House.      So far, the American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Democracy and Technology and other privacy advocates are not won over by the changes. The panel also approved language stating that the bill would not allow companies to "hack back" against other entities that have stolen trade secrets or other proprietary information from them.           Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) both voted against the bill during the markup. Amendments offered by the two lawmakers, which were backed by privacy groups, were not agreed to.