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Jack Goldsmith in the New York Times: Defend America, One Laptop at a Time

“…the private sector owns and controls most of the networks the government must protect. …the firms that build and run computer and communications networks focus on increasing profits, not protecting national security. They invest in levels of safety that satisfy their own purposes, and tend not to worry when they contribute to insecure networks that jeopardize national security. This is a classic market failure that only government leadership can correct. The tricky task is for the government to fix the problem in ways that do not stifle innovation or unduly hamper civil liberties.”

2 July 2009
12:03

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