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Larry Summers Protects Goldman Sachs; Forces Out Cybersecurity Czar Melissa Hathaway

Cybersecurity Czar Melissa Hathaway has resigned for "personal reasons."  The real story is much more interesting.  Siobhan Gorman of the Wall Street Journal reports:People familiar with the matter said Ms. Hathaway has been "spinning her wheels" in the White House, where the president's economic advisers sought to marginalize her politically.Ms. Hathaway had initially been considered a leading contender to fill the cyber post permanently. She lost favor with the president's economic team after she said it should consider options for regulating some private-sector entities to ensure they secure their networks, said cybersecurity specialists familiar with the discussions. Being a holdover from the Bush administration didn't help either, they said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 04, 2009 (boomark / email).