Privacy Groups Seek Answers on Obama's Secret Cybersecurity Guidelines

Appears to enable military deployment within the United States

The White House on Wednesday receieved a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (PDF link) from two attorneys with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), demanding that President Barack Obama release the text of what they called a "secret" new cyber security law that appears to enable "military deployment within the United States."

The FOIA was filed in response to an article that appeared in The Washington Post this week, claiming that Obama issued a secret directive shortly before the elections that empowers the military to "vet any operations outside government and defense networks" for cyber security purposes.