Read the entire article hereInternet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during aso-called cybersecurity emergency.
...why a government that receives failing marks on cybersecurity should be trusted to instruct the private sector what to do.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
More Obama power grab!
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