Joe Lieberman wants to give Obama control of the internet

[Large Sarge]

Obama to be given the right to shut down the internet with 'kill switch'
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President Obama will be given the power to shut down the Internet with a 'kill switch' in a new law being proposed in the US.


Daily Mail, 18 June 2010

He would be able to order popular search engines such a Google and Yahoo to suspend access their websites in times of national emergency.

Other US based Internet service providers as well as broadband providers would also come under his control in times of a 'cybersecurity emergency.' Any company that failed to comply would be subject to huge fines.

Critics of the new law, which has been proposed by former presidential candidate Joe Liebermann, said it would be an abuse of power to let the White House control the internet.

TechAmerica, one of the largest U.S. technology lobby groups, said the new law had the 'potential for absolute power.'.

The proposed legislation, introduced into the US Senate by Lieberman who is chairman of the US Homeland Security committee, seeks to grant the President broad emergency powers over the internet in times of national emergency.

A sustained terror attack on multiple cities would be considered a national emergency as would a cyber attack by 'hackers' on the US financial system.

The director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair warned earlier this year that the US is 'severely threatened' by malicious cyber attacks.

The number of attacks on Government departments has increased by 400 per cent in the last three years.

Under the proposed bill, which has been dubbed an Internet kill switch', the US Government would effectively seize control of access to the internet.

Lieberman argued the bill was necessary to 'preserve those networks and assets and our country and protect our people'.

[I am me, I am free]

Of course the only party which can identify and confirm a gen-u-ine 'cyberthreat' is the USG, right? 100% transparency, right? Just like with the GOM oil 'spill', right?

[BrewTech]

Don't complain, I'm sure they have the best intentions and the safety of all Americans in mind with this.

[dysgenic]

There is nothing to see here, comrades.

[Shami-Amourae]

Freedom is for pussies anyways. Lets just head to dictatorship. F*ck it.

[Mouse]

European news source

Hackers "unexpectedly" shut down the nasdaq and New York stock exchanges today, along with launching DOS attacks against all major banking institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank. Meanwhile, international attacks on other stock exchanges, ICE and other central banks were detected. In response, Obama has pulled the plug on the Internet in the US.

Markets were unable to tumble, since they had no way to trade and were essentially shut down. In the US, our sources have called in multiple bank runs and individuals unable to complete even basic transactions for groceries, beer and cigarettes. Hardest hit were those on assistance program who are paid benefits in debit card format.

"We'ze can't get nuttin' out here cuz' them bitches stole my fish" one woman said as she scrambled for cash at the piggly wiggly store here. I got's to feeds muh kidz. Obama promised us all he would take care of this. I gots to axe you a questione, Do you think this is right? Girlllll. My kidz is hungry."

On world markets, the dollar continued trading. The dollar index hit a record low of 32.14 as investors lost confidence in the dollar and the US system. Given a complete cyber lock-down of the US, the world fears a complete debt repudiation, and potentially damaging reports from New York indicate that some insiders claim that "all banking and financial data has been destroyed by these attacks". One source indicated that the backup systems had "failed at several Bank of America and CitiGroup data centers and even disaster preparedness backup centers had failed to restore financial data. Nobody knows what anyone had. It's insanity."

The G20 meetings tomorrow will continue, although the US may not be able to attend.

[Nordmann]

Fucking jews.

[Defender]

Good one mouse. Sounds goldNsilver positive. Definitely ammo positive.




European news source

Hackers "unexpectedly" shut down the nasdaq and New York stock exchanges today, along with launching DOS attacks against all major banking institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank. Meanwhile, international attacks on other stock exchanges, ICE and other central banks were detected. In response, Obama has pulled the plug on the Internet in the US.

Markets were unable to tumble, since they had no way to trade and were essentially shut down. In the US, our sources have called in multiple bank runs and individuals unable to complete even basic transactions for groceries, beer and cigarettes. Hardest hit were those on assistance program who are paid benefits in debit card format.

"We'ze can't get nuttin' out here cuz' them bitches stole my fish" one woman said as she scrambled for cash at the piggly wiggly store here. I got's to feeds muh kidz. Obama promised us all he would take care of this. I gots to axe you a questione, Do you think this is right? Girlllll. My kidz is hungry."

On world markets, the dollar continued trading. The dollar index hit a record low of 32.14 as investors lost confidence in the dollar and the US system. Given a complete cyber lock-down of the US, the world fears a complete debt repudiation, and potentially damaging reports from New York indicate that some insiders claim that "all banking and financial data has been destroyed by these attacks". One source indicated that the backup systems had "failed at several Bank of America and CitiGroup data centers and even disaster preparedness backup centers had failed to restore financial data. Nobody knows what anyone had. It's insanity."

The G20 meetings tomorrow will continue, although the US may not be able to attend.

[Quantum]

Is there anyone, even a Judeophile, who doubts that Senator Joseph Palpatine is an enemy of America?

http://www.stevetierney.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/palpatine.jpg

http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/imgs/lieberman.jpg

[Hermie]

Good post.
And for those who complain "They're always talking about the Jews" -

Are you supposed to not notice the identity of those who are always
looking to take more freedom away from Americans?

Always pushing an agenda that would benefit their own tribe?

Like another post here today showing Mort Zuckerman's attempt at
"...more bullsh*t propaganda..." (Perfectly described)

One has to be blind or willfully ignorant not to see it.

It is constant, and has been for a long time.

Thank you! to those who bring it into the light.

[kregener]

Joe Lieberman wants to give Obama control of (insert anything here).

[Quantum]

Joe Lieberman wants to give Obama control of (insert anything here).


Joe Lieberman wants to give Obama's controllers control of (insert anything here).

[Hermie]

The excuse given for more control of the Internet is "Pornography is rampant, save the children from it".

It would be extremely easy to require porno sites to use an .xxx designation, and then blocking
that domain type would be simple for anyone to do.

Voila! Problem solved.

Obviously though, that is not the problem they want solved.

The problem is the free flow of information.

[StackerKen]

Yep...More control..

Slightly off topic...Have you seen this?

Internet "Attacks" Up Big Time Right now

http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/dataviz1.html

[Ponce]

Is not about "Saving the people" but rather of "Controlling the people".

When I saw then the way that they were controlling your TV, for your convinience, I knew what they were up to.

[JDRock]

Good post.
And for those who complain "They're always talking about the Jews" -

Are you supposed to not notice the identity of those who are always
looking to take more freedom away from Americans?

Always pushing an agenda that would benefit their own tribe?

Like another post here today showing Mort Zuckerman's attempt at
"...more bullsh*t propaganda..." (Perfectly described)

One has to be blind or willfully ignorant not to see it.

It is constant, and has been for a long time.

Thank you! to those who bring it into the light.







cass sundstein comes to mind....

[Quantum]

Yep...More control..

Slightly off topic...Have you seen this?

Internet "Attacks" Up Big Time Right now

Link to Article (http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/dataviz1.html)




Commissar Napolitano says we must accept trade-offs of liberty for security:

"We can significantly advance security without having a deleterious impact on individual rights in most instances. At the same time, there are situations where trade-offs are inevitable."

Napolitano: Internet Monitoring Needed to Fight Homegrown Terrorism

Link to Article (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/18/napolitano-internet-monitoring-needed-fight-homegrown-terrorism/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Text+-+Politics%29)


"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Benjamin Franklin


EDIT: Changed long link to named link to prevent horizontal scrolling. -Gaillo

[Ponce]

Many of this "viruses" and "attacks" will be done by the US government itself to start training you as to where not to go to.

[Serpo]

Photo of actual kill switch