Rockefeller Introduces Bill That Gives President The Power To Shut Down Internet

[Lamarr]

http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1196

Cybersecurity Bill Proposes Unprecedented Government Power Over the Internet - A cybersecurity bill introduced today in the Senate would give the federal government extraordinary power over private sector Internet services, applications and software. The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 would, for example, give the President unfettered power to shut down Internet traffic in emergencies or disconnect any critical infrastructure system or network on national security grounds. The bill would grant the Commerce Department the ability to override all privacy laws to access any information about Internet usage in connection with a new role in tracking cybersecurity threats. The bill, introduced by Sens. John Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe, would also give the government unprecedented control over computer software and Internet services, threatening innovation, freedom and privacy. CDT President and CEO Leslie Harris said, "The cybersecurity threat is real, but such a drastic federal intervention in private communications technology and networks could harm both security and privacy." April 01, 2009

 

[Skipio]

Welcome to 1984.

 

[Lamarr]

Bump for Mother Jones!

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet

 

[Cruise]

"in the interest of national security"

WTF does that mean?

That could mean anything.

To give that kind of power to one person is asinine.

 

[nittie]

THE ROCKEFELLER FORTUNE

Evidence collected from a variety of public documents indicates that the Rockefeller fortune, although nominally distributed among many individual members of the Family, is actually coordinated under a central management. We have identified a number of persons, who, as employees of the Rockefellers, not only advise the Family on its personal investments but also represent its collective interests on the Boards of Directors of dozens of major corporations. This coordination of capital resources also appears to include moneys held in trust funds, moneys held by tax-exempt philanthropies set up by the Family, and even some moneys of non-Family institutions.

The picture of an enormous concentration of economic power, which follows from this evidence, stands in sharp contradiction to the usual public image - and the recent Congressional testimony - which the Rockefellers have presented. It is hoped that many questions raised by this report will be taken up in continuing investigations by the Congress.

The Rockefellers are some bad boys. They ain't to be fucked with. Those draconian drugs laws in their name proves that. If it wasn't for this little thing called the World Wide Web they would be untouchable. smh. But the web is a equalizer and there's nothing they can do about it. A few choice words and images unleashed on this badboy and it's a new ballgame.

 

[EATUGOOD1]

what do youknow about this "Internet 2" thing?

 

[QueEx]

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