Sen. Bond Disses Internet 'Kill Switch' Bill

[Rosco T.]

http://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/06/27/1845255/Sen-Bond-Disses-Internet-Kill-Switch-Bill

"Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) has introduced his own cybersecurity legislation with Sen. Orrin Hatch, and he had some harsh words for a competing bill sponsored by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. Bond said that bill, which has been criticized for allegedly giving the president a 'kill switch' over the Internet, weighs down the private sector with mandates and puts too much on the plate of the already overburdened Department of Homeland Security. Sen. Bond's bill would create a new position in the Pentagon, reporting directly to the President, in charge of coordinating all civilian cybersecurity. Any private-sector involvement would be voluntary and free from legal challenge, rather than mandated."

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[Edweird]

1. Things are really going to hell in a handbasket....

[Kokonoe]

2. I guess we have to choose.........NOT. nt

[unhappycamper]

3. Typical of the Kitster to want to put this in the five-sided puzzle palace. n/t

[donco6]

4. Now, instead of fighting whether we should have this at all -

We get to fight over which way is the best way to do it. Presto!