The Rodney Dangerfields Of Cyber?

I'm blatantly stealing the headline off an e-mail sent by Chris Battle of Adfero, a consultancy in Washington, D.C.  Rich Cooper, principal analyst at Catalyst Partners,  writes of a recent event about government leadership on cyber security:

In what was a first-class discussion of the challenges and issues compounding the federal and international cyber-security environment, nary a word was mentioned about DHS and the role they play in leading the country's cyber security efforts.

Truth is, DHS is not the only agency that seems a bit left out and is struggling to enhance its public reputation as the guardians of the nation. New White House cyber coordinator Howard Schmidt recently told an audience that he has the president's ear. Maybe so. But the real power in cyber -- the N.S.A. -- actually IS the President's ear. And that's one reason why it's so hard for civilian agencies to get respect.

Rodney: "Hey, I got an offer to work another hotel in Las Vegas."

Carson: "Another one?"

Rodney: "Yeah. Circus Circus. But it was a bad deal. I had to bring my own net. You know."


Rodney: "I did another talk show. I got no respect at all. When it was my turn to sit down, they wouldn't move over."