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Bill would give president emergency control of Internet Written by Daniel Friday, 28 August 2009 Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet. August 28, 2009 12:34 AM PDT by Declan McCullagh They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors... [Front page...]
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Sometimes I wonder if things would have been better without all this need for "change" The bad part is, the people that would actually try a cyber attack of the suspected nature are surely going to be quite a bit better than anyone the government will put in place to prevent it.
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I dare to offer this alternative.... "Bill would give Internet emergency control of president " How could this be worse than what we have now?
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