According to the bill he recently proposed in the Senate, the entire global internet is to be claimed as a “national asset” of the United States. If Congress passes the bill, the US President would be given the power to “kill” the internet in the event of a “national cyber-emergency.” Supporters of the legislation say this is necessary to prevent a “cyber 9/11” – yet another myth from the fearmongers who brought us tales of “Iraqi WMD” and “Iranian nukes.”
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How much faith would American voters have in the likes of Lieberman, who claims that the Jewish state is their greatest ally, if they knew that Israeli agents planted firebombs in American installations in Egypt in 1954 in an attempt to undermine relations between Nasser and the United States; that Israel murdered 34 American servicemen in a deliberate attack on the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967; that Israeli espionage, most notably Jonathan Pollard’s spying, has done tremendous damage to American interests; that five Mossad agents were filming and celebrating as the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001; that Tel Aviv and its accomplices in Washington were the source of the false pre-war intelligence on Iraq; and about countless other examples of treachery?
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Ummm, my Zionist War Daily doesn't quite put it that way:
"Senators tackle Internet security" by Jeff Bliss and Catherine Dodge, Bloomberg | June 11, 2010
WASHINGTON — The president could order emergency measures to combat cyber attacks under a measure introduced today by three senators who say the Internet has unleashed a new breed of cyberterrorists.
Under the bill, the president’s specific powers would be developed with companies and would not allow the government to take over private networks or give it more surveillance authority, the lawmakers said.
“The Internet can also be a dangerous place with electronic pipelines that run directly into everything from our personal bank accounts to key infrastructure to government and industrial secrets,’’ Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said at a news conference.
Lieberman is sponsoring the measure with Susan Collins of Maine, the panel’s senior Republican, and committee member Tom Carper, a Democrat from Delaware.
“Our economic security, our national security, and our public safety are now all at risk as a result of new kinds of enemies, with new kinds of names like cyberwarriors, cyberspies, cyberterrorists, and cybercriminals,’’ Lieberman said.
Concern about presidential authority to shut down the Internet previously generated opposition among some businesses to a measure introduced by senators Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, and Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican....
Lieberman said Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, wants to pass legislation this year. Lieberman’s committee plans a hearing next week.
“We cannot wait for a cyber 9/11,’’ Collins said.
Lawmakers are trying to craft legislation to boost US cybersecurity after reports of hacked government computer systems and Mountain View, Calif.-based Google Inc.’s January threat to leave China following a computer attack.
The Lieberman-Collins-Carper measure would require the president to inform Congress in advance of what measures are being taken.
The measures would expire in 30 days unless renewed by the president.
Under the proposed legislation, a White House Office of Cyberspace Policy would be established.
With NEW KINDS of FASCIST BUREAUCRACY to meet 'em!
The measure would leave it to businesses that run critical facilities such as power plants and telecommunications networks to choose the security they use to protect networks.
A national cybersecurity center would be created within the Department of Homeland Security. The center’s Senate-confirmed director would advise the president on the federal government’s computer-network security.
The center would work with companies to develop requirements for tightening security and share warnings with the private sector about possible attacks.
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NEW YORK — The FBI is investigating a data breach at AT&T that exposed the e-mail addresses of more than 114,000 owners of the Apple iPad, including government officials.
They can't even protect themselves, huh?
The agency said yesterday that it is looking into “the potential cyber threat.’’
AT&T Inc. had no comment....
Apple Inc. has not commented, referring all questions to AT&T.
AT&T apologized and said it will notify all iPad users whose e-mail addresses may have been accessed. It said the only information hackers would have been able to steal were e-mail addresses. But that can be enough to launch an effective attack, since the attacker also knows the e-mail recipient is an iPad user and an AT&T customer and would expect e-mail from Apple and AT&T. Criminals could use that knowledge to trick them into opening e-mails that plant malicious software on their computers.
I'm glad I don't have an iPad.
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Won't be buying one now.
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