U.S. Cybersecurity Chief Abruptly Resigns

[brooklynite]

By TED BRIDIS, AP Technology Writer

WASHINGTON - The government's cybersecurity chief has abruptly resigned after one year with the Department of Homeland Security, confiding to industry colleagues his frustration over what he considers a lack of attention paid to computer security issues within the agency.

Amit Yoran, a former software executive from Symantec Corp., informed the White House about his plans to quit as director of the National Cyber Security Division and made his resignation effective at the end of Thursday, effectively giving a single's day notice of his intentions to leave.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&e=6&u=/ap/20041001/ap_on_hi_te/cybersecurity_chief
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Nice to know Homeland Security is working so smoothly.....

[da_chimperor]

1. I guess he can't count on them for a favorable reference

No two-week notice, how rude! :wtf:

[RedEarth]

2. Wow....I would like to hear an in depth interview with him....

however, I doubt if any of the networks would pick it up

[russian33]

3. That's not nice, submit his resignation after such a bad day Bush had..

..Mr. Yoran is so selfish!

[displacedtexan]

4. Yoran's an obvious Freedom Hater!

Wouldn't you like to know the real story?

[yardwork]

12. I would like to know why he gave only one day's notice

Something going on there that we're not being informed about, I'll bet.

[MsMagnificent]

15. Absolutely

but I doubt we ever will

[nolabels]

5. There really is something you can do if you get too frustrated

Being a quitter does not cut it when your at the apex. Just find one of these things and pull.

It will get better, later, after your head stops spinning

[Just Me]

6. Hmmm,...a one-day notice indicates a bit more than mere frustration,...

,...methinks. Those neocons just do NOT play well with others,...do they.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

7. Can't wait till he starts venting.

n/t

[foo_bar]

8. I'll show you how a programmer dies!

[phantom power]

9. The Kerry campaign could tie this in nicely with Kerry's debate

topics last night. Kerry's theme of how we're spending too little money and effort here at home ties in perfectly with these sorts of resignations. These people keep resigning because they have a mandate, but are given no resources or support to do their job.

[yardwork]

13. Sometimes I wonder what the mandate is....

I still want to know why Tenet resigned. And remember the guy who headed the faith-based initiatives? He quit abruptly too, saying that the White House was being too ideological.

I think that some members of bushco get squeamish about what they are being asked to do. Which raises a good questionn - just what are they being asked to do? Just how unethical is it?

[phantom power]

14. Good question. I wonder if these people

are having a moment out of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
http://pencible.tripod.com/pande/omelas.htm

[Xipe Totec]

10. You better not to try to stand in my way, As I'm a walkin' out the door...

Sure do miss Johnny Paycheck:


Well, that foreman, he's a regular dog,
The line boss is a fool.
Got a brand new flat-top haircut;
Lord, he thinks he's cool.
One of these days, I'm gonna blow my top,
And sucker, he's gonna pay
Lord, I can't wait to see their faces,
When I get the nerve to say:

Take this job and shove it,
I ain't workin' here no more.
My woman done left,
An' took all the reasons I was workin' for.
You better not to try to stand in my way,
As I'm a walkin' out the door.
Take this job and shove it,
I ain't workin' here no more.




:nopity:

[Tight_rope]

11. Boy....No one wants to work for Bush*....What a major fuck-up!