Begin forwarded message:
From: Chuck Brownstein <charles.brownstein@verizon.net>
Date: June 24, 2009 9:37:24 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: interesting name floated for cyber czar
Reply-To: charles.brownstein@verizon.net
Time magazine reported on Friday that former Republican congressman Tom Davis of Virginia is the White House's leading candidate to be the nation's first cybersecurity czar:
Tom Davis, a moderate Republican from Virginia, has emerged as a leading candidate for the Obama administration's newly created position of cybersecurity czar. Sources familiar with the White House's deliberations on the subject say Obama officials feel a Washington power player would make a better candidate than a tech guru. "They want someone who understands technology issues, but more importantly, knows how to get things done in Washington," says a cybersecurity expert who has been consulted by the White House. "There are very few people who have that combination of skills, and Davis is at the top of that short list."