Net defense: big-bucks cyber security program proposed.

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* The Bush Administration has launched a secretive "cyber initiative" to better protect government networks. The White House requested $30 billion for the nine-year project, says Tiffany Jones, director of government relations with computer security firm Symantec. "The DNI [director of national intelligence] is rumored to be running the classified part and is delegating the...