debate. "Allowing the military and NSA to spy on Americans on American soil goes against every principle this country was founded on." The loss of individual privacy seems to be part of the main opposition. However in complete contrast, the proposed EU Data Protection Directive actually wants to tighten the rules on individual privacy for all the EU citizens. If we are going to win the race of protecting our cyber space then maybe the answer is  a happy medium between the two? Regardless, any regulation surely needs to be a global initiative so that all countries can be held responsible and better information sharing is promoted between government organizations between countries and private organizations. This could be difficult as some nation states would never join but surely if the majority was bought into a common scheme under a common goal we could be taking the right steps to protect ourselves?