"Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity. The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside the Beltway."

I've been neglecting my Info Security category, for no real good reason other than nothing interesting has popped out at me, until now.  Bush's "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace" - which I've mentioned here a few times before - was released last month, to resounding silence.  Most of the Info Security punditry had already dismissed it as an industry scary-story with few good practical suggestions and a complete lack of serious consequences.  In this Slate opinion piece, New American Brendan Koerner joins the chorus, blaming the security industry, government policy makers and law enforcement agencies for using a serious problem for political and financial gain.  OpenBSD also gets a good mention at the expense of Microsoft, always a crowd pleaser around these parts.