Thompson: Cyber Threats Are Out There

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At a press conference today, Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Missi) talked about why his Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act is necessary. He said, “Right now FERC (The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)has the responsibility for working with the electric industry, but the industry polices itself, so basically what we want to do in this bill, is to give FERC additional authority to require industries to do what’s in their best interests from the cyber standpoint. They’ve been good so far, but now that we know that potential threats are out here and the fact that hacking and other situations have occurred, we think it’s in our best interests that this legislation be put forward today."

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Lieberman: Close Gap On Cyber Attacks

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At a press conference to discuss proposed amendments to the Federal Power Act by Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Lieberman said, "The reality is that we are not adequately defended and therefore the basic systems, including particularly electricity on which we depend are not protected. This has got to change. We have got to close the gap between the attacks on us and our ability to defend them.”

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Is a pirate attack on a U.S. ship an attack against America?

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Congressman Gene Taylor (D-Missi) asks Ambassador Stephen Mull, Acting under Secretary for International Security and Arms Control for the U.S. State Department whether a ship, targeted by pirates, baring the American flag, would be treated as committing an attack against America. Mull’s response was inconclusive, and Congressman Taylor and Chairman Skelton have asked the Ambassador to submit a written statement outlining in detail, to the committee how this crime is dealt with under international and domestic law.






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