"Cybersecurity Act of 2009" - American's beware of this...
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This is a statement regarding the bill from Jena Longo, deputy communications director for the Senate Commerce committee:
"The President of the United States has always had the Constitutional authority, and duty, to protect the American people and direct the national response to any emergency that threatens the security and safety of the United States. The Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity bill makes it clear that the President's authority includes securing our national cyber infrastructure from attack. The section of the bill that addresses this issue, applies specifically to the national response to a severe attack or natural disaster. This particular legislative language is based on longstanding statutory authorities for wartime use of communications networks. To be very clear, the Rockefeller-Snowe bill will not empower a "government shut down or takeover of the internet" and any suggestion otherwise is misleading and false. The purpose of this language is to clarify how the President directs the public-private response to a crisis, secure our economy and safeguard our financial networks, protect the American people, their privacy and civil liberties, and coordinate the government's response."
Calm yourselves down
"The President of the United States has always had the Constitutional authority, and duty, to protect the American people and direct the national response to any emergency that threatens the security and safety of the United States. The Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity bill makes it clear that the President's authority includes securing our national cyber infrastructure from attack. The section of the bill that addresses this issue, applies specifically to the national response to a severe attack or natural disaster. This particular legislative language is based on longstanding statutory authorities for wartime use of communications networks. To be very clear, the Rockefeller-Snowe bill will not empower a "government shut down or takeover of the internet" and any suggestion otherwise is misleading and false. The purpose of this language is to clarify how the President directs the public-private response to a crisis, secure our economy and safeguard our financial networks, protect the American people, their privacy and civil liberties, and coordinate the government's response."
Calm yourselves down
I really hope that this doesn't pass. The Internet is the last truly free place on Earth (and it's becoming less and less so every day). This could mean more 'security', but many Americans have given up a shit ton of rights lately for all their added security so this isn't necessary.
On a slightly unrelated note. That song is in the movie "How High" with Red Man and Method Man.JimmyBassatti said:
Oddly...for a movie about stoners going to college it was pretty good.
Yes, that is what it sounds like... for the moment. But how long do think it will take other countries to jump on the bandwagon?Fat Man Spoon said:
Actually, we've been forced to give up shitloads of rights for the ILLUSION OF SECURITY.AvsJoe said:
now the internet will be controled by "the man"*walks on the beach and sees a giant monitor* damn you! damn you all you damn dirty politicians!
And if Scandinavia starts doing it too? (i.e. what if every internet-connected country starts doing this?)AvsJoe said:
