Possible Obama SEC Pick Specializes in Helping Corporations Hide Political Expenditures

Favorite As a battle rages over whether the Securities and Exchange Commission should require publicly traded companies to disclose their political expenditures, the White House is said to be considering nominating a high-powered Washington attorney to the SEC who specializes in advising corporate clients on how to avoid such disclosures. Bloomberg and other news organizations have…

Obama’s Cyber Proposals Sound Good, But Erode Information Security

Favorite The State of the Union address President Obama delivers tonight will include a slate of cyber proposals crafted to sound like timely government protections in an era beset by villainous hackers. They would in theory help the government and private sector share hack data more effectively; increase penalties for the most troubling forms of…