. >> host: brendan sasso, what's the mood on the hill especially if president obama would issue this executive order? >> >> guest: unsurprisingly, people's opinions break down on whether they liked senator lieberman's bill in the first place. they'd like to see an executive order if nothing gets done on the hill, whereas the republicans leading the opposition, senator mccain and others, would say this is a power grabby the president. now he's just going to go around congress. senator leishman had been say -- lieberman had been saying if this didn't get done by july, then it wasn't going to get done at all. now he's saying well, you know, it might still happen. but it seems at least to me, you know, if you were going to bet for whether congress is going to overcome their partisan divide and come together on an issue, i would bet more on the executive order than congress getting something done. >> guest: you know, i think one of the real wildcards in all this is, um, the prospect of a possible cyber attack, and, um, such an event could, um, you know, really light a fire under either la

. >> brendan sasso, you see this as something that john mccain would filibuster? >> yes, they did in the senate because -- in the senate. cyber security is something that everybody wants, but there is not the executive order. the executive order would only have the standards. i then it creates the interesting question that if the white house praised the executive order, then there would not be any information sharing on the hill to get another piece done piccata then there's the question of privacy protection -- another piece done. then there's the question of privacy protection. if companies just hand over all of this personal information to the nsc -- the nsa or another agency, they want to make sure it is protected. >> we have to move on to of current issues, but very quickly, yes or no, congressional action or executive order action. >> executive order is more likely. >> i would not give up hope on information sharing in congress. i think the house bill with privacy protections has a shot. >> i will side with gaupham there. i think there is a possibility of in

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