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Product description A response to the earlier recommendations of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) that would extend government investigative authority and secrecy while limiting privacy rights. The report warns that efforts to protect the nation's critical infrastructures could result in sweeping new limitations on personal privacy and government accountability. About the Author Wayne Madsen is a computer security and data privacy specialist, as well as an investigative journalist specializing in intelligence and technology matters. He previously served in computer security positions in the Department of State, the National Security Agency, Department of the Navy, RCA Corporation, and Computer Sciences Corporation. Mr. Madsen is a Senior Fellow of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and is the principal author of two of its reports: Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Endangerment of Civil Liberties and Cryptography and Liberty.