Another Victory for Politics

The Department of Homeland Security's chief of cybersecurity resigned this week. Why?

Yoran has privately confided to industry colleagues his frustrations in recent months over what he considers the department's lack of attention paid to computer security issues, according to lobbyists and others. He resigned following a push from industry of the Hill to give him more power and more ability to change things. Alas, the Bush administration said no. He should have waited, Bush might change his mind and give him the authority that he wants (See 9/11 Commission, WMD Commission, new Inteligence Director).

We know that al-Qaeda is able run their operations via the internet and sattelite phones- couldn't they be working on something like this. Then again, it dopes not seem bloody enough for them. No chance of killing innocent women and children, so probably not up their alley. Still, this is something we need to be working on- that was dealt a blow last week.