Inside Washington.

The article presents an update on the U.S. politics and government as of October 2008. Cybersecurity official Melissa Hathaway had made her first public appearances to warn the government and companies on the vulnerability of their computer networks to hackers and criminals. The district of Republican Representative Mary Bono Mack of California has the highest mortgage foreclosure rate of 4.1% according to HotPads.com. Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri said that the bailout is not for the Wall Street but for President George W. Bush.