"Renewed Push to Give Obama an Internet 'Kill Switch'."

[WinkyDink]

A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a "national cyberemergency," and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year.

Internet companies should not be alarmed by the legislation......"We're not trying to mandate any requirements for the entire Internet, the entire Internet backbone," said Brandon Milhorn, Republican staff director and counsel for the committee.

Instead, Milhorn said at a conference in Washington, D.C., the point of the proposal is to assert governmental control only over those "crucial components that form our nation's critical infrastructure."
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I might trust Obama, but I don't trust his Republican successor.

[MNBrewer]

1. why would you trust either?

[truebrit71]

15. Thank you. That's a bloody good question...

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[Arctic Dave]

2. I don't trust any of them with it.

[Shining Jack]

3. +1 n/t

[Raine]

6. +2 nt

[emilyg]

10. +3

[RKP5637]

4. It will set a very bad precedent for even more state control of the serfs. n/t

[steve2470]

5. Totally opposed to this, no reason for this nt

[snot]

7. K&R'd

I'd rather give the internet the power to un-elect the Prez.

(Although I DON'T want electronic voting, let alone e-voting.)

[w4rma]

8. Either dumb or corrupt. (nt)

[RegieRocker]

9. Who is dumb and who is corrupt, that is the question.

[kath]

11. I don't know about the rest of you, but the thought of an Internet "kill switch"

really, really frightens me.

:scared: :scared: Jeebus.

[Kablooie]

12. Is that even possible? I thought the system is designed to prevent total shutdown.

It was originally built for US military communications after all.

[Missy Vixen]

13. NO

Sorry, President Obama, I'm not willing to give you or anyone else that power.

[RedCloud]

14. He already killed us when he let Pastor Rick up on that stage,