President Obama will be handed the power to shut down the Internet for at least four months without Congressional oversight if the Senate votes for the infamous Internet ‘kill switch’ bill, which was approved by a key Senate committee yesterday and now moves to the floor.If anything, this will give extra fuel to all those promoting the conspiracy theory that Obama will attempt to shut down the elections in November 2010 or 2012.
The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, which is being pushed hard by Senator Joe Lieberman, would hand absolute power to the federal government to close down networks, and block incoming Internet traffic from certain countries under a declared national emergency.
Despite the Center for Democracy and Technology and 23 other privacy and technology organizations sending letters to Lieberman and other backers of the bill expressing concerns that the legislation could be used to stifle free speech, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed in the bill in advance of a vote on the Senate floor.
In response to widespread criticism of the bill, language was added that would force the government to seek congressional approval to extend emergency measures beyond 120 days. Still, this would hand Obama the authority to shut down the Internet on a whim without Congressional oversight or approval for a period of no less than four months.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Obama's Kill Switch
I just can't imagine the Democrats giving this power to George Bush, Dick Cheney, or Sarah Palin:
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Good Lord. It seems as though the Obama Administration will not be happy until there is war in the streets!!!!!!!!
There will continue to be elections, but the real lawmaking will be in the court system. Having sham elections will not present a problem to The Left as long as they control speech through the Kill Switch and control the government at the same time. Even Hugo Chavez allows elections to occur, he just controls the results through any available method; the same modus operandi will be in place here as well.
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