You said — I wonder how those ridiculous persons would have responded had the previous administration bee drafting a bill like this? If this is enacted I will hold all Democrats (and RINOS) equally responsible. Ignorance is no excuse.
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The cybersecurity issue has been going on for quite a long time now. I’ve been reading about cyber-war activities of other governments (the Chinese, Russian and North Koreans) for many years, with them being said to have teams of cyber-warriors, sponsored by those respective governments and designed to probe, map and be able to shut down other countries’ systems. The example of the Russians doing that very thing to one of their former satellite countries is an example and case-in-point...
The following is from another post that I did on another thread...
Well, this issue transcends one administration. It’s something that has occupied three administrations. In fact the report talks about a major intrusion into government resources from unknown sources and then classified top secret after it happened (could have been Chinese or North Korean or Russian attacks). This could be setting up an attack over these vectors in preparation for an all-out attack. That’s very likely. I understand the Chinese have teams probing the U.S.
And, of course, the issue, when discussing these things always comes down to civil liberties versus national security (or security in general).... it’s a long-standing argument in any case...
The interesting thing here — is — that anyone who has a distrust in the Obama Administration (in regards to this security and the measures needed to secure the network) — would actually be taking the *liberal position* of organization like ACLU for “privacy” versus government action in terms of being able to protect itself and its citizens (which is usually a more ‘conservative issue”... :-) ....).
from... The Slow Road to Cybersecurity
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326386/posts
In the context of my comment, my point is that groups (I was talking about DU but the ACLU is another example) from the left were saying nothing about this issue at the time. Since that news broke, there has been a small trickle of discussion among liberals, but nothing like the outrage from libertarians and other conservatives.
The need for security, particularly when confronted by attacks from overseas governments, is indisputable. Giving any President (let alone a sitting facist) the power to control citizen's access to our internal networks is absolutely not acceptable.
With luck, this bill is just more sloppy legislation from the left, and ultimately will be refined into something that makes an iota of sense. But it does reflect their mindset - the initial solution that comes to them is to shut down our free speech.
That's truly scary. And if enacted could be the spark that ignites a violent revolt.