Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said he will retire when his current...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said he will retire when his current term ends in January 2015, in a news release Friday (http://xrl.us/bocbu2). The two-term senator is vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Chambliss has been an advocate…
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for more cybersecurity information sharing between the public and private sectors and opposed an approach that would have required owners and operators of critical infrastructure systems to adhere to baseline cybersecurity standards. He co-sponsored the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology (SECURE IT) Act (S-2151), which competed directly with the Cybersecurity Act (S-2105). Both legislative attempts failed to pass the Senate last Congress (CD Aug 15 p3) . Chambliss was critical of several media reports last year that revealed information about a classified project called “Olympic Games” which allegedly helped develop and launch cyberweapons against Iranian nuclear facilities. Last Congress Chambliss withdrew his support for the PROTECT IP Act (S-968) after thousands of websites blacked out their homepages in a coordinated protest of the bill and its House companion the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)(HR-3261) (CD Jan 20 p5).