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Posted on 04/21/2009 1:16:43 PM PDT by Joiseydude
A proposed bill that would give the president widespread power to shut down the Internet in the event of a cyberattack could have sweeping implications on civil liberties. The days of an open, largely unregulated Internet may soon come to an end.
A bill making its way through Congress proposes to give the U.S. government authority over all networks considered part of the nation's critical infrastructure. Under the proposed Cybersecurity Act of 2009, the president would have the authority to shut down Internet traffic to protect national security.
The government also would have access to digital data from a vast array of industries including banking, telecommunications and energy. A second bill, meanwhile, would create a national cybersecurity adviser -- commonly referred to as the cybersecurity czar -- within the White House to coordinate strategy with a wide range of federal agencies involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
How do you like “progressive” governance now, America?
And the band plays on.
Just like China — the fuhrer certainly can see the one place he can’t control.
Until now.
Well isn’t that special? I wonder what would constitute an emergency: say, thousands of people going to the streets and protesting an expansive government?!
And remember, when W wanted to monitor the phone calls of known terrorists, he was a “fascist tyrant.”
I’m sure the ACLU is all over this, right??
I have it on the best of authority on another FR thread that McCain would have been just as bad.
Yes, but does it touch your library card ... I am sure those useless progressives will get right on it.
Big Government sucks, Republican or Democrat both flavors suck.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. Va, who introduced the bill earlier this month.....A spokeswoman from Rockefeller’s office said neither he nor the two senators who co-sponsored the bill, Olympia Snow, R-Maine, and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., will answer questions on cybersecurity at a later date.
ping for later.
I e-mail my non-senators Levin and Stabyounow and I am ignored. They only represent Detroit. What else can I do?
Directive 10-289 and the Unification Board cannot be far away.
he could easily shut down those hateful rightwing sites, he even has a DHS report on which to base it
why am I not surprised
I said they would do this, go after talk radio, then guns and then questioning the Govt.
We are at war with the left, even the homeland defence has said we are terrorists.
the surveillance is not about listening to Islamic nutters but instead they are listening to us now.
Please tell me there is at least one patriot in the Govt who can come out and make their agenda publicly.
This is , has got out of hand now
Pony Express may still work....oh wait..no animals on the interstate. Carrier pigeons might work...oh wait...pooping pigeons could contribute to Global warming...shoot pigeons...can't do that...no guns allowed (or ammo, either will work.)
Goal??? Put Americans in a cage, just big enough for enough movement that work can still be done and money can be extracted for one Beast of a gov. with an insatiable appetite!!!
move to down here
we are taking conservatives down here from VA, TO FL, to the midwest to AK
Anyone remember how to set up a BBS? Packet switched radio network? How much data can be sent over a modified FRS/GPRS radio? Without even gisting the article seems these questions may become pertinent on the title alone.
Because to s self-hating anti American “progressive”, every foreign terrorist is a misunderstood friend, while his conservative neighbor is worse than Satan himself.
How is my access to YouTube, Amazon, and FR a "threat to national security?"
A "threat to national security" would be if they hacked into a Pentagon database, or a Congressionial network, or the hard drives at Los Alamos labs, but I doubt that those are available from the internet.
And when did the internet become part of "the nation's critical infrastructure?"
All it will take is one internal CIA-led "attack" to give Obama the reason to shut down the internet. I'd be surprised if something as little as a FReep of a CNN online poll would be enough to call it an attack, if there was some viral news or video making the rounds that Obama wanted stopped.
-PJ
Seriously, a pigeon could carry quite a lot of data on a memory stick.
But... time to get into long-range Bluetooth and packet transmission by radio.
I notice that when something is bad, the press inserts the generic “government” or “president” words in place of Obama.
Folks this is just the beginning. They want to take our freedoms away as we know them. All this in the first 3 months. It is going to be a long 45 months.
And Olympia Snowe is one of the co-sponsors of the bill! THROW HER OUT OF THE PARTY NOW!!!!!!!
The ‘black market’ net will be along shortly...
The DUmmies are under the illusion that the Left represents freedom and freedom from government.
Wonder how they are viewing this?
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The Critters (Rockefeller, Olympia Snowe, Bill Nelson (who I do not know) :
The bill would allow the government to create a detailed set of standards for cybersecurity, as well as take over the process of certifying IT technicians. But many in the technology sector say the government is simply ill-equipped to get involved at the technical level, said Franck Journoud, a policy analyst with the Business Software Alliance.
“Simply put, who has the expertise?” he said. “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.”
A spokeswoman from Rockefeller’s office said neither he nor the two senators who co-sponsored the bill, Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., will answer questions on cybersecurity at a later date.
Zeig heil! Mein Furher est Obama
Leftists always make excuses for the totalitarian moves of their leftist leadership. They believe in the “solution” that the leadership is working towards is achievable and without negative tradeoffs. They are willing to put up with a lot of bad stuff in order to achieve that utopian solution.
That’s not the only way.
Tenth amendment sovereignty would stop him.
Secession would stop him.
There will nothing left in 45 months. The move to King Obama and his thugs will have been complete before that.
There’s a real threat in the foreseeable future of massively destructive cyberwar. We do need some mechanism for the Commander-in-Chief to take emergency action, but we also need a strong mechanism to protect against abuse of that power. I’d propose requiring a majority vote of Supreme Court justices, with any or all of the evidence presented to them remaining confidential if a majority of them agree it needs to be for national security reasons, but with their individual votes being made public.
There’s no perfect solution, but at least the SC justices aren’t campaigning for office or in position to vote to bestow vast sums of taxpayer money on their cronies and campaign donors. And they are a small group, old enough to have perspective, and few enough to have a sense of collegiality. In a major emergency such as a serious cyberattack, I’d really prefer to have a Commander-in-Chief consulting with the 9 SC justices to get permission to shut down the Internet, than with the unruly mob of Congresspeople and Senators.
There seem to be almost as many drama queens on this site as there are on the libbie sites. Makes we wonder about some of the newer Freepers.
Calm down. We have a long road ahead of us.
an emergency would be ten points down in the polls with a week and a half to go till the second Tuesday in November...
“Useful idiots” are always the last to see it coming. Thomas Shuman (Yuri Bezminov) spoke to that point very clearly.
Huh...yeah that’ll happen with this Congress...in your dreams (and mine).
I think that is the same question the signers of the Declaration of Independence once ask themselves.
His co-sponsors are Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Bill Nelson, D-Fla. What the hell is "bipartisan" about that??
"I know the threats we face." Rockefeller said in a prepared statement when the legislation was introduced.
BS Jay. Even the absolute best in the industry admit they don't know all the threats.
Take your power grab and shove it!
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