Scary: Bill Grants President Control of Internet

Tom's Guide ^ | 8/28/9 | Kevin Parrish

[Clint Williams]

Now here's a scary thought: the President of the United States taking control of the Internet. Yet that's the "emergency" power a Senate bill plans to provide if passed, offering the President a "kill switch" by seizing private networks and shutting down online traffic during a cybersecurity emergency. A revision to the bill appeared today, months after the bill was first drafted by Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, and then slammed for "dangerous government intrusion."

[WHBates]

Actually they have much of the power already, all be it not directly, so what is this really about. This is truly getting scary. These people must be purged in 2010 and further in 2012.

[Boogieman]

I’m with you on this one. Cyberwarfare is a real threat, but who really believes the Democrats are doing something like this for “National Security” purposes?

[sheik yerbouty]

People ought to hang on to some of their old tech stuff..

[goodnesswins]

Like what old tech stuff?....I’ve got luggable computers hiding around here somewhere...is that what you mean?

[Dick Bachert]

Obama has selected the “czar” of his new Emergency Internet Management Agency. The acronym for the new agency is ENIMA. The person chosen is a Dr. Goebbels (photo below) who described the mission statement of the organization: “To purge any crap about der furh -- er – President Obama out of the internet by any and all necessary means.” Herr Doctor reminded the interviewer that failure to comply with the rules and regulations to be administered by ENIMA will be dealt with “most harshly because ve know ver you live.”

[Americanwolf]

HEY OBAMA AND CO...... GO TO HELL!!! You will not and cannot control the population of this country..

[_Jim]

Didn’t this only address limited gov’t networks?

I thought I read an article here on FR where this only affects Federal systems ...

[LibraTango]

2A grants citizens control of the government

[Nephi]

It should be noted that our beloved traitor, Olympia Snowe co-sponsored this BS.

[Titus-Maximus]

Frightening assault on the First Amendment! Where are the liberals?

He will silence AM radio and then when they move to the internet he will silence the internet.

This is very scary stuff. Add in the writings of John Holdren, the science Czar who called for sterilizing women using the water supply and it is hard not to do a double take on this administration. The attorney general is a rogue with a sickening leftist bent and now executing highly partisan attacks. Reminds me of the 30’s when Roosevelt starting prosecuting people, Mellon, Insull, etc. to keep the public’s mind off a spiraling economy. These CIA attacks are reprehensible. Panetta looks like Obama’s little white monkey and Panetta should quit to save this country. Clinton, Kerry and Tenet destroyed the CIA in the 90’s and 9/11 was the payback. Now Obama and Holder are doing the same thing and where will we be in 10 years. Holder is not making us safer, I am sorry.

Keep the hard core leftists away from AM radio and the internet. We saw what Castro, Chavez and their Soviet heroes did to independent journalists. It wasn’t pretty. Let’s not do that in America.

[FlyVet]

Never waste a good crisis. And if you can’t find one, manufacture one.

[sheik yerbouty]

Cb radios, HAMradios..whatever can transmit communications if the internet is down..

[ROTB]

DU hates it too. It’s a loser.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x475618#475643

[ROTB]

DU hates it too. It’s a loser.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x475618#475643