http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/senate-report-g.html

" Major elements of the Bush administration's proposed $17 billion "cyber security" initiative have little to do with protecting government networks, and a lot to do with spying, according to a budget report released by the Senate Armed Services Committee this week.

The so-called National Cyber Security Initiative is also wrapped in unnecessary secrecy, and would spend billions on unproven, embryonic technology, and possibly illegal or ill-advised projects, according to the analysis -- which is part of a broad look at the proposed 2009 defense budget."

Read the whole article for yourself - always nice to keep a finger on the pulse of madmen like MCConnell.

Check out the "See Also" links at the bottom of that page for more background. Pete