In the final weeks running up to announcing the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, we shared our plans with the White House and key officials in other parts of the United States and other governments. We didn’t want them to be surprised. We got positive feedback from the White House itself, but we heard through the grapevine that some in the intelligence community had concerns about the language pledging not to help governments launch cyberattacks against “private citizens and enterprises.” They were concerned that the reference to “private citizens” would cover terrorists and mean they could not turn
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