The American Pundit

Yes, really. The official title would be Chief Technology Officer, but the description really unveils the CTO’s job.

The CTO’s mandate would be quite different from the Cybersecurity czar appointed under the Bush Administration. Bush’s czar helped defend against cyberattacks. Obama’s CTO, by contrast, would ensure government officials holds open meetings, broadcast live webcasts of those meetings, and use blogging software, wikis and open comments to communicate policies with Americans, according to the plan.

Bryan explains why, if that is his intention, replacing the cybersecurity czar with this CTO would be dangerous. His explanation includes this, but you need to read the whole thing:

If Obama is replacing what amounts to our cyber DCI and replacing that office with someone whose prime responsibilities will be to make sure that government websites enable comments on their blogs and webcasts, well, that’s idiotic. The rest of his plan may be brilliant, but it’s starting off by weakening us against a real threat. That’s just what Democrats seem to do instinctively.

Of course, the rest of his plan isn’t brilliant. It amounts to getting government involved in broadband rollouts, net neutrality, and corporate welfare for Silicon Valley. Bigger government, in other words. That also is just what Democrats seem to do instinctively.

Stupid and dangerous.

Obligatory question: Does Obama really know what a wiki is? If so, is he crazy?