Re: DHS and NSA getting married?

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu> wrote:

>        In the words of a former Justice Department official involved with critical infrastructure protection, “I have 
> seen too many situations where government officials claimed a high degree of confidence as to the source, intent, and 
> scope of an attack, and it turned out they were wrong on every aspect of it. That is, they were often wrong, but 
> never in doubt.”

this happens with non-cyber things as well... all the time. Point
being: "cyber-attack" follows down the path of 'send the people that
deal with "attacks" to deal with this'.

-chris