Are you afraid of this Administration yet?

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.

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. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.

The new version would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for "cybersecurity professionals," and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license.

What's the first thing you do in a war? Disrupt communications. I see things like "The Fairness Doctrine," A "Diversity" Czar at the FCC, and now control of the Internet. Why would an administration need these types of control for it's country's own people if not to silence dissent? Who owns the networks in Cuba and Venezuela?

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

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