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mounted by small groups of terrorists, the vulnerability and the risk that we face from cyberterrorism merits elevating our attention to those threats to a higher level.
Has Microsoft done enough to take security seriously?
Cox: I will say that because of its ubiquity across the government, Microsoft has made itself very transparent to its government customers when it comes to security. The level of cooperation on the prevention side has been increasingly high. It is true that just a few years ago, there were complaints that Microsoft didn't do enough in this area, but very recently that cooperation has been very solid.
The Department of Homeland Security has drawn criticism on privacy grounds for projects like CAPPS and Secure Flight. How do you see that playing out in the next year or so?
Cox: The point of the entire exercise is to keep America free. As a result, privacy concerns aren't auxiliary. They're central to our war aims in the war against terrorists.
One of the reasons I supported the export of commercially available U.S.-designed encryption is that on balance it will keep people around the world more free. Free communication by citizens in dictatorships will help undermine those very dictatorships. In our own country, there is no good reason to sacrifice our accustomed freedoms in the name of fighting the war on terror.
Some portions of the Patriot Act expire at the end of this year. Should Congress extend them?
Cox: I am strongly in favor of amending parts of the Patriot Act. I would begin with the portions that my committee tried to amend in the last Congress. But there's a lot of the Patriot Act that people don't realize is there. We need to take a look at that enormous piece of legislation (in perspective). I think anyone that says they're completely in favor of it or completely opposed to it is missing the point.
I support that portion of the Patriot Act that tore down walls between intelligence and law enforcement. I'd like to see it disaggregated and let the public understand the debate, make it transparent.
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if the internet were taxed, call your broker and tell him to buy stock in foreign countries... because thats where internet companies would move to. How do you collect a tax if my internet site is in timbuktu? Why should I stay in an inhospitable to business country that wants to tax me and not my compitition?
There goes the nieghborhood.
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- Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face...
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(12 Comments)if the internet were taxed, call your broker and tell him to buy stock in foreign countries... because thats where internet companies would move to. How do you collect a tax if my internet site is in timbuktu? Why should I stay in an inhospitable to business country that wants to tax me and not my compitition?
There goes the nieghborhood.