Gorelick's Urge
John Young
jya at pipeline.com
Thu Jul 18 00:24:04 PDT 1996
Wall Street Journal, July 17, 1996
Panel to Oversee Protecting Systems From Hackers
Washington -- President Clinton ordered the creation of a
commission to recommend laws and regulations to protect
vital government and private systems against attacks by
terrorists or computer hackers.
Jamie Gorelick, deputy U.S. attorney general, described the
effort as having the "same level of urgency" as the
Manhattan Project, the crash World War II effort to develop
the atomic bomb. She said the commission, which will be
headed by an appointee from the private sector, will have
a large representation from corporations, because they
control the nation's telecommunications system,
electrical-power grid, banking, transportation and
fuel-supply systems.
"We are looking for a structure that cuts across the
government and private sector," Ms. Gorelick told the
Senate's Permanent Investigations Subcommittee. While some
22 federal agencies have some involvement with such
problems, she said there is no central mechanism.
While the new Commission on Critical Infrastructure
Protection deliberates, President Clinton ordered the
Federal Bureau of Investigation to head an interim task
force.
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