Senators and some of the nation s top law enforcement officers proposed, instead, some nipping and tucking that would help prosecute online crime cases. Deputy Attorney General James Baker and Pablo Martinez, the Deputy Special Agent in Charge of Cyber Operations at the US Secret Service, sat politely as Senators wrung their hands over well worn concerns: the hemorrhaging of American proprietary data into China and debated whether or not the cloud can be considered a computer. The hearing on Wednesday before members of the Senate s Judiciary Committee provided few insights into the direction of U.S. cyber policy.
Source: https://threatpost.com/senate-considers-using-mob-law-go-after-cybercriminals-090811/75629/