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08-31-2009, 12:55 AM #1Senior Member
Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
So if they ever wanted to keep us from being able to find anything out easily, they just have to call a "cybersecurity emergency". Then who knows what kind of shit they could get away with before we are able to figure it out.
JaySin Reviewed by JaySin on . Bill would give president emergency control of Internet Internet 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 of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control Rating: 5
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