From Mother Jones:
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any “critical” information network “in the interest of national security.” The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.
The bill does not only add to the power of the president. It also grants the Secretary of Commerce “access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access.” This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws.
Now, only a project, it has been presented by the Senators Rockefeller (Dem) and Stowe (Rep).
Hope and Change?
No Hope but ofcourse there will be change, just give more power to our stupid politcians. No Human right No Privacy Policiy.
Offtopic: Hope you doing all right. Glad to back on your blog, as I was away for some work reasons now I am back and did started blogging again since last 2 days. Will come back to read your article as I guess I had missed alot stuf..Keep smiling…and keep fighting…
Yea, that’s right.
Off topic: I’m sending you an email. Thanks for stopping by…
I have to wonder if BHO and his cohorts view dissent on the Internet as a “cybersecurity emergency”? After all, as cited in this post:
The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.
I also refer you to this post I did last month: Dissenters Are Political Terrorists.
At the moment, the greatest “threat” to BHO’s plans for America is the Internet, particularly conservatives, be they journalists, pundits, or bloggers.
And here is something else to consider….The President could impose martial law and suspend elections if a threat is deemed serious enough. I know that I might sound crazy, but BHO could actually suspend the 2010 elections under certain circumstances and still be within his Constitutional powers. The precedent exists — during the American Civil War.