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.
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Exactly. Who do you think is going to get screwed over more from this? All the lefty bloggers, Huff Post, Daily Kos...they'll probably be exempted IMO.
Why is it that government programs and bills are named the opposite of what they accomplish?
Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - No security will be brought about by this bastard child of the dem party.
Homeland Security - Our homeland is not secured by these mental midgets (example - TSA frisking a wheelchair bound granny who just turned 95).
ML/NJ
Yeah. Good luck with that dudes. AT&T owns the lines and they've outsourced everything with a handy dandy process that directs you to call the India helpdesk, who will open a ticket and have you call the Brazil helpdesk, who will have you call the Tampa helpdesk, who will have you call the Atlanta helpdesk......So that when you get to someone who can shut down an IP or a subnet, you won't even care.
Ain't outsourcing cool? ...bwahahaha
lol. No doubt.
And we seem to be moving rapidly towards a critical mass in which folks have had enough suck.
I pray our military will abide the oath to which they are sworn.
I agree. The SC oligarchy is part of the problem, not a solution!
Whatever! The McCain deranged are not helping.
I have done all those things, but it has been a long time. The packet radio gear I have will allow 9600 bps - which, depending on specific configuration could deliver somewhere near half that in actual throughput. Fast enough for printable text based info to serve perhaps 100 users, especially with data compression / encryption. That's all 15 year old technology and completely unsuitable for most of the content we view on the internet today.
And the cheap FRS/GMRS radios probably wouldn't work so well due to quality issues - data transmission requires a certain level of stability I doubt they have. There is off the shelf 802.11 gear available that would better cover short hops albeit on a somewhat less ad hoc basis.
Impoverished government.
Impoverished government.
I had to write that a couple extra times because it is such a beautiful phrase.
What would happen if Herr Obama and the other Nazis in Congress said they have the power to shut down all newspapers, magazines and TV in the interest of national security?
Does anyone else smell the making of a National Socialist dictatorship, right under our noses? The Senators sponsoring this bill are undermining the First Amendment, the entire Constitution, and the United States. I see that Bill Nelson (S-FL) is one of the sponsors. He also wants to get rid of the Electoral College (see Constitution), so we would have a tyranny of the majority. Eliminating the Electoral system would effectively disenfranchise about 21 or 22 States, since a person could be elected president without considering the opinions of voters in the smaller states.
Obama plans to let the Gitmo terrorists go free, pull all troops out of Iraq, open up Cuba, and appease Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, and terrorist organizations. At the same time he wants to take away the rights of U.S. citizens.
We are in for a tough time.
I am also John Galt.
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Galt.
It’s not that their votes can’t affect what taxpayers get hit up for, but they’re not really in a position to personally benefit from that — unlike elected politicians, who are perpetually in the process of buying votes for the next election with our money. For that reason, the SC justices are a heck of lot more likely to make an objective decision based on law, than any politician or group of politicians.
This may be the one issue that will cause the naive young crowd who voted for Obama en masse to get angry and upset about - they can't get on My Space or Twitter. And if this cybersecurity shutdown extends to cell phones and they can't text each other all day and all night, then we'll see some irate youngsters!
Good to know you, Mr. Galt. I get this mental picture like in one of those movies, where person after person stands up and says “I am Joe Blow” over stirring music. After 50 million stand up and say “I am John Galt” and mean it, Mr. Thompson can’t do much but go back to selling shoes.
Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-03-09 12:48 PM
3. If this bill was being introduced under Bush --- DU would be outraged. I, for one, will be rightly outraged if this passes under an Obama administration. ....one inmate at least gets it
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