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National Defense August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Cybersecurity Legislation: Solution or Distraction? After three years of debate and intense horse-trading, four major pieces of cybersecurity legislation have collided on Capitol Hill. Each claims to provide definitive policy and legal answers on how the United States should protect itself from crippling cyber-attacks.
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