Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency?
Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so.
Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency?
Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure. That broad power is rattling some civil libertarians.
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any "critical" information network "in the interest of national security." The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.
The bill does not only add to the power of the president. It also grants the Secretary of Commerce "access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access." This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws.
let your "representatives" know how you feel.
Note that Rockefeller thinks it would have been better if the Internet was never invented! See video below of his fear mongering:
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Should Obama Have The Right To Throttle Your Internet Connection?
As is beginning to be evidenced here, even the Lefties are starting to worry about the Obamanation. And thus, we bring you an Infidel Bloggers Alliance first; a link to the Daily Kos.
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Keep it up, Pasto, and they'll revoke your creds:)
You & I said it before duirng and ODS discussion -- the people we will eventually need most are the wons who supported this ninny for pres and now finally are starting to see what he is really all about.
This should come as no surprise to anyone who hasn't been sleepwalking these last 18 months.
I don't know if you noticed this, but in the past two weeks, I've linked to the Huffington Post and the Daily Kos. Both on articles which criticized Obama's stark betrayal of the American tradition.
That is a stunning but welcome development.
Yep, I noticed. And you're right, it is.
It's too bad the BDS blinded them to the truth BEFORE November. But we said this would happen. It's just happening quicker than we thought.
"But we said this would happen. It's just happening quicker than we thought."
...not that it will do any of us a stinking bit of good once the "cybersecurity emergency" is declared. Once the Obamatrons realize the left and the right are beginning to find much more common ground than uncommon ground we will see the discussions of cyber security move from the back rooms to the teleprompters as BO begins to openly lay the ground work...just watch.
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