House Intel chairman: CISPA is ill but not dead

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) said that he believes there is still a "path forward" for his cybersecurity bill.

"It's a little ill, but the CISPA bill is certainly not dead yet," Chairman Rogers said, referring to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, during a panel discussion hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Chairman Rogers acknowledged that the revelations about the scope of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs have "damaged the perception" of CISPA. But he said the "sheer determination" of Senate Intelligence Committee leaders Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) give him hope that Congress will move ahead on the bill. He said he is working with the senators on tweaks to the bill to provide more oversight and privacy protections.