Clarke, a former George W. Bush official, advocates for ‘federal regulation’ of election cybersecurity

Richard Clarke, the former special advisor on cybersecurity to President George W. Bush, argued Tuesday for federal regulation of the cybersecurity of U.S. election systems, while also criticizing the approach of the Trump administration to election security.

“One thing we can do is take this job away, this job of setting cybersecurity standards for federal elections, from the 3,007 counties in the United States, and the 50 state governments,” Clarke said while giving the closing address at the Zero Day...