This Cyber Bill is one of the scariest things that’s been thought up. Once you have this passed, combine it with The Patriot Act, FDA, EPA and HLS you’ll have nowhere to hid from the federal government. There will be no form of privacy. And my thoughts, and you’ll see this once you read the article from Tony Romm at The Hill, the words “Give” “Obama” “More” and “Power”, should never be in the same sentence.
For the sake of being fair, this power should not be given to anyone, not a extreme conservative all the way though the Nolan Chart to the extreme statist. I hate that Bush secured so much overreaching power with the Patriot Act, much of it unconstitutional. This bill, I fear, is yet another attempt for more power of our everyday lives.
I do also fear what China, Russia, Iran and others, but do we give up more freedoms for possible attacks on our infrastructure? I want to see a solution that will keep the bad guys out, and for the Government to leave it’s citizens alone.
The president would have the power to safeguard essential federal and private Web resources under draft Senate cybersecurity legislation.
According to an aide familiar with the proposal, the bill includes a mandate for federal agencies to prepare emergency response plans in the event of a massive, nationwide cyberattack.
The president would then have the ability to initiate those network contingency plans to ensure key federal or private services did not go offline during a cyberattack of unprecedented scope, the aide said.
PJTV has some thoughts on this in their National Security Review:
Wake-Up Crash: Why A Cyber Pearl Harbor Might Help Us Before It’s Too Late
