White House Plans Proactive Cyber-Security Role for Spy Agencies
By Brian Krebs
Washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Friday, May 2, 2008; 11:47 AM
America's spy agencies for the first time would be tasked with gathering intelligence on threats to the nation's computer networks under a policy that could be detailed by the White House as early as next week, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
Speaking at a security conference in Washington, the official said the Bush administration wants to harness the intelligence community's offensive capabilities in defense of government and civilian computer systems...
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