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People in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Write Letters

This is either ironic or darkly comic, depending on whether or not you believe Joe Lieberman’s Web site was hacked:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2005

Lieberman: Cybersecurity Lags Behind
DHS Hampered By Numerous Management Problems, GAO Finds

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., said Thursday that the nation’s critical computer infrastructure remains vulnerable to criminal or terrorist attack in part because of major underlying management problems at the Department of Homeland Security… .

“Over a year ago, I sent a detailed letter to Secretary Ridge, raising concerns about the lack of results similar to those identified by GAO, and I am troubled that more progress has not been made in this vital area. The good news is that this report provides a further roadmap for the Department of Homeland Security to follow to help it fulfill its obligations…I strongly urge Secretary Chertoff to devote the attention and resources necessary for the Department to promptly secure our vital cyber infrastructure.”

Joe Lieberman

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