From: Roll Call
By Tim Starks
A high-level report on the security of the electricity grid, set for release Tuesday afternoon and led by a former White House chief of staff and Department of Homeland Security secretary, is complimentary of the Obama administration’s efforts to protect it and faults Congress for not doing enough.
Yet protecting the grid — “the most critical of critical infrastructure” and “the backbone of our modern society” — requires more action from everyone, from the executive branch to the Hill to industry, the report by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress concludes.
The extremely thorough 172-page report — chaired by former White House Chief of Staff Thomas McLarty III and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge (Ridge (Ridge also chairs the National Security Task Force of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) – details the nature of the threat, from which countries it emanates, what has been done about it and should be done about it in all branches of government, from the state regulatory level to within the private sector. If it leaves anything out, it’s Israel’s cyber capabilities and intents vis-a-vis the United States; a chart on the subject doesn’t even mention Israel, which is extremely capable and at least willing to conduct cyber espionage against America.
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