Should Obama Control the Internet?
A new bill would give the President emergency authority to halt web traffic and access private data.Obama’s new war doctrine: ‘Cyber dominance’
Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet
The US military is moving ahead with plans to create its first “cyber command” designed to bolster America’s potential to wage digital warfare as well as defend against mounting cyber threats, officials said on Friday.
After President Barack Obama announced Friday his plans to overhaul cyber security policy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was expected to soon formally propose the new cyber command that will be overseen by a four-star officer, Pentagon officials told AFP.
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/05/30/obama-orders-military-to-focus-on-cyber-warfare/
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