The issue focused on the threat of computer hackers to the national security of the United States, and of the potential for computer hackers to break into the systems of the president, and to other government officials.

The technology had been used in the past to break into the systems of the White House, the State Department, the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, the Department of