It's funny that you mention Qwest (Now CenturyLink), and the illegal spying program, because they (along with AT&T) are brokering access to the NSA's latest spy

It's funny that you mention Qwest (Now CenturyLink), and the illegal spying program, because they (along with AT&T) are brokering access to the NSA's latest spying toy, which CISPA is intended to expand. http://www.dc3.mil/dcise/DIB%20Enhanced%20Cybersecurity%20Services%20Procedures.pdf http://www.dc3.mil/dcise/DIB%20Enhanced%20Cybersecurity%20Se... This DIB Enhanced Cybersecurity Service is being handled by the defense contractors who donate to Mike Rogers: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2012&type=C&cid=N00009668&newMem=N&recs=20 http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=201... 4. AT&T 8. General Dynamics 9. Raytheon 9. SAIC Inc 9. Lockheed Martin 9. Northrop Grumman 19. BAE Systems Their letters of support for CISPA, referencing the DIB program, are on the Senate website: http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/NDIASupportofCyberBill.pdf http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/f... I write to you on behalf of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) to express our support for The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (HR 3523). ... As you are aware, NDIA is a non-profit organization, and is America's leading Defense Industry association, ... Our members represent the entire spectrum of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). ... To illustrate, some NDIA members have participated in the Department of Defense's DIB Pilot program... http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/ASISLetterSupportingHR3523.pdf http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/f... ASIS ... The bill also gives businesses certainty that cybersecurity information shared with the government would be provided safe harbor and would not lead to frivolous lawsuits, among other protections. http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/CSC113011.pdf http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/f... "I am please to write to you to express CSC's wholehearted endorsement of the "Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011" which you released today and which requires the Director of National Intelligence to establish a program allowing certified organizations to use classified cyber signatures to help protect their IT enterprises... As you know, CSC was the first IT enterprise company invited to join the defense industrial base pilot program (DIB)... This program was quietly started around 2011: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/major-internet-service-providers-cooperating-with-nsa-on-monitoring-traffic/2011/06/07/AG2dukXH_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/major-internet-servic... NSA allies with Internet carriers to thwart cyber attacks against defense firms The National Security Agency is working with Internet service providers to deploy a new generation of tools to scan e-mail and other digital traffic with the goal of thwarting cyberattacks against defense firms by foreign adversaries... The Internet carriers are AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink. Together they are seeking to filter the traffic of 15 defense contractors, including Lockheed, CSC, SAIC and Northrop Grumman. There is at least $6B waiting to go to the defense contractors to help the NSA. (They're already working with the NSA on the big Utah datacenter): ttp://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/fedbiz_daily/2013/01/northrop-saic-mantech-among-those-to.html?page=all Northrop, SAIC, ManTech among those to bid for DHS' $6B cyber program Northrop Grumman Corp., ManTech International Corp. and SAIC all confirmed to me their plans to bid as a prime contractor for DHS' Continuous Monitoring as a Service program, which will be worth up to $6 billion over five years