Taking away the President's Kill Switch for the Internet

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Randall Webmail <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> Date: March 22, 2010 8:02:12 PM EDT
> To: johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com, dewayne () warpspeed com, dave () farber net
> Subject: Taking away the President's Kill Switch for the Internet

> "President's veto power over Internet removed in amended bill
> By Jon Stokes | Last updated about 9 hours ago
>
> When the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 was originally proposed, this  
> sweeping overhaul of the nation's cybersecurity apparatus contained  
> a provision that would give the president the power to shut down the  
> Internet in the event of a major cyberattack. Needless to say, the  
> idea of giving an Internet kill switch to Obama was wildly unpopular  
> with everyone from civil libertarians to the Fox News crowd, and the  
> bill didn't make it very far.
>
> The bill's sponsors, Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe  
> (R-ME), amended the bill [PDF] last week and dropped the  
> controversial kill switch provision. In the modified version of the  
> bill, which is now the Cybersecurity Act of 2010, S. 773, the  
> president will work with government agencies and the private sector  
> to define a set of objective criteria for what constitutes a  
> national cybersecurity emergency. The president will also work with  
> those same parties to develop a coordinated plan of action that will  
> kick in when such an emergency is formally declared."
>
> [SNIP]
>
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/presidents-veto-power-over-internet-removed-in-amended-bill.ars
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/yfg48o7



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