Just How powerful one man, one President could be? He can order National Security and get a Nation wide “Emergency”. But did any one ever heard, President of a country shutting down Internet for the whole world? We are not far.
The second draft of a Senate cybersecurity bill appears to quote a language that would grant President Obama the power to shut down the Internet.
The Senate bill, first introduced in April by Senator John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), does, however, still include language that gives Obama the authority to direct responses to cyber attacks and declare a “Cyber Emergency”.
The language in the first draft of the bill has been rewritten regarding the President’s authority to shutdown both public and private networks including Internet traffic coming to and from compromised systems.
The original bill included the words:
“The President may order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network.”
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Now that's pretty sick, isnt it? :/