Obama Again Threatens to Veto CISPA Cybersecurity Bill
Still a threat to personal privacy, administration says
The White House today delivered a formal veto threat against a controversial data-sharing bill called CISPA that would allow intelligence agencies to collect personal information about Americans from private companies.
In a statement this afternoon, President Obama's aides said they "would recommend that he veto the bill," which is scheduled for a House of Representatives floor vote this week.
A House committee approved CISPA last week without four key privacy amendments sought by opponents that would have curbed the National Security Agency's ability to collect confidential data. (See CNET's CISPA FAQ.)
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There is zero chance Obama will veto this bill. It will be robosigned before the ink is dry.