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May 2012 12:26:00 PDT The CISPA Circus Goes To Baltimore With
Another Misleading 'Local Pride' Editorial Leigh Beadon
Recently, I responded to an editorial by CISPA author Mike
Rogers in the Detroit News, wherein he took some blatant China
fearmongering and targeted it at Michigan's specific industry
concerns to rouse the local rabble in CISPA's favor. Now Rep.
Ruppersberger—the other driving force behind the bill—is
applying the same tactic in Maryland, with an editorial in the
Baltimore Sun that focuses on the supposed cyber-threat to the
life sciences industry:   The 500 bioscience companies in
Maryland are developing ground-breaking therapies for diseases
like muscular dystrophy, inventing state-of-the-art medical
devices and testing cutting-edge vaccines. These innovations are
valuable and worth protecting. Indeed, just like designer
handbags or secret family recipes, many want