Lieberman, Collins (R-ME), & Carper (D-DE) introduce bill that would allow US to disconnect Internet

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), along with one Republican and Democratic senator, introduced a bill late last week that would allow the President to effectively disconnect the internet by emergency decree.

The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act would allow the President to disconnect Internet networks and force private websites to comply with broad cybersecurity measures.

Future US presidents would have their Internet "kill switch" powers renewed indefinitely.

The bill was introduced by Lieberman, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE). A parallel bill was drafted last year by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) which would allow the federal government to unilaterally "order the disconnection" of certain websites.

“For all of its ‘user-friendly’ allure, the Internet can also be a dangerous place with electronic pipelines that run directly into everything from our personal bank accounts to key infrastructure to government and industrial secrets," Lieberman said in a release announcing his bill. "Our economic security, national security and public safety are now all at risk from new kinds of enemies -- cyber-warriors, cyber-spies, cyber-terrorists and cyber-criminals.
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“The need for this legislation is obvious and urgent,” the Connecticut senator added.

"We cannot afford to wait for a cyber 9/11 before our government realises the importance of protecting our cyber resources," Sen. Collins said.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0618/senators-introduce-bill-disconnect-internet/

[marmar]

1. Lieberman's fascistic tendencies are showing.....and shame on the other clowns.

nt

[eShirl]

2. I really CANNOT wait to vote for Collins' opponent (again). n/t

[peacefreak]

5. Me too, eShirl

how does that quacky duck of a woman keep on getting elected? After their votes this week on jobless benefits & energy bailout I'd say Snowe's gotta go too. They certainly don't take the interest of the constituents to heart.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Ditto!

[Maine-ah]

14. ditto the ditto

[Kingofalldems]

3. Never trust Lieberman or any of his sneaky supporters

Ask Al Gore.

[geardaddy]

4. ..

"allow the federal government to unilaterally 'order the disconnection' of certain websites."


"We'd hate to have some accident happen to your website, guv'nah."

[Wickerman]

6. beyond moronic

shutdown the internets and watch this nation's economy swirl down the toilet. Joe has no idea how much commerce and business is accomplished on the intertubes these days.

Not to mention the obvious 1st Amendment issues...

[Duppers]

11. Right on.

I posted below before reading your post here.

[Blue Owl]

7. Shove that bill up your Republickin' ass, Joe

And put it back where it came from.

[arcane1]

8. And how does he define "certain" websites?

Hmmm? :shrug:

[glitch]

12. Wikileaks. nt

[Duppers]

10. NO! This would be a violation of our First Amendment Rights!

There's some stupid & dangerous people on capitol hill!

[glinda]

13. Well how convenient that would be during elections.

[liberalhistorian]

15. Facepalm.

Head meet desk. And other assorted metaphors for WHAT. THE. FUCK.

Then again, it's LIEberman, so what the hell else should we expect?

[ashling]

16. But shouldn't our president have the same powers as

Iran and China ... oh, and N. Korea. After all they are so to be emulated. :sarcasm:

[WillyT]

17. K & R !!!

:kick: