Sunday, March 28, 2010

Cybersecurity Act of 2009

From Govtrack.com

"Per­haps the most con­tro­ver­sial pro­vi­sion is the one which al­lows the Pres­i­dent to de­clare a cyber emer­gen­cy and then re­strict or even com­plete­ly deny ac­cess to sec­tions of the in­ter­net con­sid­ered to be vital to the U.S. na­tion­al in­ter­est. While that seems like a sen­si­ble idea the con­cern about it is the lack of over­sight pro­vi­sion. There is no re­quire­ment that the pres­i­dent in­form Congress, or that they can re­view his ac­tions and over­turn them." Full text of the bill here.

Slippery slope....

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