Dems to give president emergency control of Internet

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

of S.773 (excerpt),

which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control

of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.  – [read more]