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Hearing to receive testimony on cyber threats to the U.S. economy, which don't stop at the door of the Pentagon. Many people are making it clear that future threats to the U.S. will be aimed at the private sector and at crippling the U.S. economy, rather than crippling the U.S. military. Witnesses: Dr. Lawrence K. Gershwin, Nat. Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology, Nat. Intelligence Council, CIA, accompanied by Brian Shaw; Steven Branigan, V.P. of Engineering and Co-founder, Lumeta Corp.; Peggy Lipps, Senior Dir. of Security and Risk Management Initiative, BITS; Duane P. Andrews, Corporate Exec. V.P. for Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC); and Albert J. Edmonds, Pres., EDS Federal Gov't. Information Solutions.