Senate Bill Lets Obama Shut Down the Internet
FIRST HE WANTS TO TAKE DOWN TALK RADIO, AND NOW HE’LL BE ABLE TO CUT OFF ALL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION – BUT THE BLIND OBAMABOTS STILL PRAISE HIM.
Details of a revamped version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 show the Senate bill could give the president a “kill switch” on the Internet and allow him to shut out private networks from online access.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/28/senate-president-emergency-control-internet/?test=latestnews
A Senate bill would offer President Obama emergency control of the Internet and may give him a “kill switch” to shut down online traffic by seizing private networks — a move cybersecurity experts worry will choke off industry and civil liberties.
Details of a revamped version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 emerged late Thursday, months after an initial version authored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., was blasted in Silicon Valley as dangerous government intrusion.
“In the original bill they empowered the president to essentially turn off the Internet in the case of a ‘cyber-emergency,’ which they didn’t define,” said Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, which represents the telecommunications industry.
“We think it’s a very bad idea … to put in legislation,” he told FOXNews.com.
Clinton said the new version of the bill that surfaced this week is improved from its first draft, but troubling language that was removed was replaced by vague language that could still offer the same powers to the president in case of an emergency.
“The current language is so unclear that we can’t be confident that the changes have actually been made,” he said.
The new legislation allows the president to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” relating to “non-governmental” computer networks and make a plan to respond to the danger, according to an excerpt published online — a broad license that rights experts worry would give the president “amorphous powers” over private users.
“As soon as you’re saying that the federal government is going to be exercising this kind of power over private networks, it’s going to be a really big issue,” Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told CNET News.
A Senate source familiar with the bill likened the new power to take control of portions of the Internet to what President Bush did when he grounded all aircraft on Sept. 11, 2001, CNET News reported.
Spokesmen for Senator Rockefeller and the Commerce Committee did not return calls seeking comment before this article was published.
But Rockefeller, who introduced the bill in April with bipartisan support, said the legislation was critical to protecting everything from water and electricity to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records.
“I know the threats we face,” Rockefeller said in a prepared statement when the legislation was introduced. “Our enemies are real. They are sophisticated, they are determined and they will not rest.”
The bill would also let the government create a detailed set of standards for licensing “cybersecurity professionals” who would oversee a single standard for security measures.
But many in the technology sector believe it’s a job the government is ill-equipped to handle, said Franck Journoud, a policy analyst with the Business Software Alliance.
“Simply put, who has the expertise?” he told FOXNews.com in April. “It’s the industry, not the government. We have a responsibility to increase and improve security. That responsibility cannot be captured in a government standard.”
Clinton, of the Internet Security Alliance, praised President Obama’s May science policy review, which he said would take cybersecurity in the right direction by promoting incentives to get the private industry to improve its own security measures.
But he faulted the Senate bill, which he said would centralize regulations for an industry that is too varied to fall under the control of a single set of rules without endangering the economy and security.
“We think a lot of things need to be done to enhance cybersecurity,” he told FOXNews.com, but this bill is “not something that we could support.”
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September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Everyone – …
Everyone – includind Democrats needs to read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”
She was a Russian Immigrant who wrote this back in 1957 and it prophetically showed us what to look out for. It was a wildly popular book back then. And now 57 years later, it’s coming to pass because THIS generation’s “public schools” don’t want them to read it.
but it wont be just “us” that suffers if this all comes to pass, but the Obama feet kissing minions will suffer greatly as well.
And we’ll say we TOLD you so.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Well democrats, you …
Well democrats, you wanted change. You are getting it. He will watch over you and protect you. We conservatives will be thrown to the wolves. Are we in trouble? I don’t know. Will we survive 8 more years of BHO? What if he wants to be president for life? Democrats can change the consitution to do it. They control all three branches. It is their game, pray for survival. I’m very frightened. And I should be.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Rockerfeller was …
Rockerfeller was behind the vaccine that caused the Spanish flu Pandemic of 1918. It doesn’t surprise me that his descendants will try to mamke us subservient to fascism.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
They already own …
They already own the world, after this bill they will own your mind.
There is not a single mention of this bill on any single media corp. That should give the idea.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
the case against …
the case against the Judas oBama ….
5*****
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
If BO, shuts down …
If BO, shuts down the Net, ppl are going to organize locally,like never before seen.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS NOT AN OPTION!!!
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
This man is …
This man is non-stop and I swear he is going to start a war
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Hitler,Stalin,Pol …
Hitler,Stalin,Pol Pot,Castro and the other dictators started out by controlling the media,suspending any free speech/civil rights in the disguise of “national security or emergency”
Uhbama is NO different than them.
“I want a Civilian Security Force thats even more powerful & well-funded than our military…”
That’s CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
sieg hiel, …
sieg hiel, osamabama? NO!
Keep Your Powder Dry! Just in Case!
HELL’S A-COMING! GET READY!
Sic Semper Tyrannis!
DEO VINDICE!
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Look into satellite …
Look into satellite transmission!
Obama is a communist!
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
We should ask Al …
We should ask Al Gore about this! I heard Al Gore invented the internet. Maybe he put in a back door to turn off this Obama attack on the BILL OF RIGHT AND CONSITUTION!
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Thankfully the …
Thankfully the internet is around in the age of Obama.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
How many “Cyber …
How many “Cyber Terror Attacks” have we EVER had? I bet after the bill is passes, we have A LOT of them.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
And the liberal …
And the liberal media that supports his criminal activities.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Devout Muslims …
Devout Muslims appointed to critical Homeland Security positions? That should make our homeland much safer?
Was it not men of the “Devout Muslim Faith” that flew planes into U.S. buildings not too long ago. What the is this president thinking?
He knows exactly what hes doing.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in
ADC National Executive Director Kareem Shora
Obama & Napolitano Appoint Devout Muslim
to Homeland Security Post, Arif Alikhan as istant Secretary 4 Policy Development.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
sometimes people …
sometimes people deserve to get what they wish for.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
It’s not …
It’s not Obama.Others run this Country.Obama,Bush,Clinton etc are just the cover of a book and nothing more.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
OBAMERIKA: CHAINS …
OBAMERIKA: CHAINS we can BEREAVE in.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Obacommunism wants …
Obacommunism wants to stop people from being informed about what this administration is actually doing. Watch out though, he wants this control because this administration is planning on doing something again that is unconstitutional and morally wrong.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Obama is a …
Obama is a terrorist.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Excellent video …
Excellent video thanks for posting it. Obama is like a cooking recipe that has ingredients. The ingredients that make up BHO are – liberalism , socialism , marxism , fascism , communism.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Obama is the …
Obama is the ultimate enemy of the USA.