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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.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html
Surely this isn't going to be like the Patriot Bill, where nobody in Congress even tried to read the damn thing.
Or the Iraq War....where nobody in Congress read the damn NIS report. Or the Health Care Bill, where it was so freakin' complex that you would need to hire a lawyer to understand the first page.