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A new Senate bill is freaking out internet companies and civil liberties groups, because it would allow the president to seize control of privately-owned networks during any ill-defined “cybersecurity emergency.”
When you read details of the bill, you’ll understand why Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, spent months squirreled away behind closed doors drafting a new, revised, more authoritarian version of this chilling bill.
Here’s how cnet.com reports the story:
The new version would allow the president to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” relating to “non-governmental” computer networks and do what’s necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for “cybersecurity professionals,” and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license.
“I think the redraft, while improved, remains troubling due to its vagueness,” said Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, which counts representatives of Verizon, Verisign, Nortel, and Carnegie Mellon University on its board. “It is unclear what authority Sen. Rockefeller thinks is necessary over the private sector. Unless this is clarified, we cannot properly analyze, let alone support the bill.”
C’mon, relax. ObamaNet will only occur during emergencies. Like when the President wants to hold another prime time press conference. Or when decides to name himself Emperor For Life. Or other stuff.
Source: cnet.com
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This is going to blow if this bill passes! especially for Ihatethemedia!
since i have 50 grand riding on the apocalypse, im hoping 2012 is when obama gets all his evil villan stuff together, and we get to have some kind of awesome battle to the end of civilization.
Remember about a month ago when the Iranian govt. shut down the internet so that the people could not organize against them? The liberals are planning for when the sleeping giant becomes fully conscious. The liberals will then behave much like Iran shutting down the internet, beating, killing, and throwing its citizens (tea partiers) in prisons. Barack Hussien Obama has already employed a diversity czar whose primary focus is to shut down conservative radio and television. Get ready people to become the USSA
This is but the tip of the ice berg. It also grants the Secretary of Commerce many powers and functions, for whatever reasons I do not know. It also talks about “internet insurance.” What that’ll be is between the President and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology. And, for some reason, cybersecurity is going to be made a factor in all bond ratings. Why? Who knows…
You can read the rest here: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=24464 or by clicking on my name.