Bill Gives Feds "Emergency" Powers To Secure Civilian Nets

ziani writes "Joe Lieberman wants to give the federal government the power to take over civilian networks' security if there's an 'imminent cyber threat.' From the article: 'Lieberman and Collins' solution is one of the more far-reaching proposals. In the Senators' draft bill, "the President may issue a declaration of an imminent cyber threat to covered critical infrastructure." Once such a declaration is made, the director of a DHS National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications is supposed to "develop and coordinate emergency measures or actions necessary to preserve the reliable operation, and mitigate or remediate the consequences of the potential disruption, of covered critical infrastructure."'"

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Quick!!

[kronosopher]

Kill the internet before independent media exposes the banking cartels for the criminals that they are.

Re:Uh, no, you can't have my network

[Shakrai]

There is no reason to hate the man.

There is if you are a civil libertarian. Our "Constitutional Law Professor" has proven himself no better than his predecessors in this department.

In my opinion, most people who hate Obama just can't stand the idea of people getting something for nothing (and in their minds, the people getting something for nothing are almost always a shade of brown).

Yes, that must be it. Most people who hate Obama are racists.