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Originally found this at Drudge:
An article from CNET News talks about a revised Senate bill that gives the President control over the Internet in case of Cyber emergency. The new version of the bill allows the President to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and respond to the threat.
ODS Expositor: The vagueness of the bill bothers me considerably. It gives the President the power to shut down the Internet without really defining what a ‘cyber emergency’ might be.
The Net has become a major tool of freedom for people to battle tyranny around the world and a major source of communication and political discourse in the USA. In the hands of a President that is cognizant of his Constitutional limitations and has only the best interests of the American people in mind this power might be no problem at all. But in the hands of a Prez trying to increase his power it could be used as a dictatorial tool against the people instead.
The real problem of the bill in addition to its vagueness is that there is no defined recourse, or appeal process. It gives power to the President without definition, limitations, or recall.
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