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Bill Would Let Feds Take Over Internet During Crisis
Bill Would Let Feds Take Over Internet During Crisis
(June 18) -- Newly proposed legislation would give the federal government authority to seize and even switch off the Internet during a national crisis.
The bill, put forward Thursday by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would allow the Department of Homeland Security to issue emergency orders to companies providing services such as search engines, software and broadband Internet, according to CBS. Companies that didn't comply would face a fine.
"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. "Our economic security, national security and public safety are now all at risk from new kinds of enemies: cyberwarriors, cyberspies, cyberterrorists and cybercriminals."
Governments worldwide are increasingly aware of the threat posed by cyberattacks. In 2007, the Baltic state of Estonia was paralyzed by a cyberattack that froze the websites of businesses and government agencies for days. Estonia now hosts NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.
Lieberman's bill also calls for the creation of a National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications within the Department of Homeland Security, CBS reported. The center would monitor the "security status" of websites and broadband providers to provide "situational awareness of the security status" of Internet within the United States.
The National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications would also be able to require certain Internet companies to share information with the federal government.
There's something in the proposed legislation for the private sector, too: Companies would have immunity from civil lawsuits for compensation related to actions they took on orders from the federal government.
However, the bill has been fiercely criticized online by Internet freedom advocates.
"This legislation should be met with resistance until it fails," journalist blogger Jamie DeLoma wrote. "Implementing the proposed plan would do nothing more than cause chaos and limit the information available."
The ideas in the proposal are not entirely new. In August, technology website CNET obtained a pair of draft Senate proposals that would have allowed the president to declare a "cybersecurity emergency" and "order the disconnection" of certain networks and websites
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This reminds me a lot of Germany under the Weimar Constitution. Nobody intended what ultimately happened (or at least most folks didn't), but they didn't see the consequences of what they were doing. I don't think Lieberman knows the box he is trying to open.
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Newly proposed legislation would give the federal government authority to seize and even switch off the Internet during a national crisis
Yup, and Obama et el could create a "staged crisis" whenever they deem it is necessary to insure and fullfill their "dreams" of Fundamentally Changing America.
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