Leahy plans hearing to look at cybersecurity cooperation

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy will soon hold a hearing to examine how federal agencies are working together to prepare for and combat high-tech attacks. Leahy's chief privacy counsel, Lydia Griggsby, said the panel will ask witnesses about ways cybersecurity programs can be improved at the Justice and Homeland Security departments. That came as a key Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs panel announced a similar hearing for today that will focus on how agencies can better use taxpayer dollars to protect mission-critical networks.