AT&T Joins Boeing Backing CISPA

The House Intelligence Committee has scheduled an April 10 closed-door meeting to mark up the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) which provides lawsuit immunity sought by companies including AT&T and Boeing.

Many of the bill’s corporate supporters are among the top 20 contributors to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers’ 2011-2012 campaign committee, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington- based research group. They include AT&T, Verizon Communications, Boeing and Lockheed Martin employees and their families. Ranking Member C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger’s top contributors in the same period also include Boeing and Lockheed employees and their families, according to the center.