• TOPICS
• The Kill Switch
• A bill introduced in June, would "establish a White House Office for Cyberspace Policy and a National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications, which would work with private US companies to create cybersecurity requirements for the electrical grid, telecommunications networks and other critical infrastructure."
• http://news.techworld.com/security/3228198/obama-internet-kill-switch-plan-approved-by-us-senate/?olo=rss
• "President Obama will be handed the power to shut down the Internet for at least four months without Congressional oversight if the Senate votes for the infamous Internet ‘kill switch’ bill..."
• http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-can-shut-down-internet-for-4-months-under-new-emergency-powers.html
• What are our concerns?

• LINKS
• Bill Would Give President Emergency Control Of Internet
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html
• "'I think the redraft, while improved, remains troubling due to its vagueness.'"
• A Letter to Lieberman, Et Al.
• http://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/20100624_joint_cybersec_letter.pdf
• "We are privacy, civil liberties and civil rights groups writing to express our concerns about the legislation. Changes are needed to ensure that cybersecurity measures do not unnecessarily infringe on free speech, privacy, and other civil liberties interests."
• Blogetery.com Shut Down: Danger On The Internet
• http://www.pcworld.com/article/201423/blogeterycom_shut_down_danger_on_the_internet.html?tk=hp_blg
• "'It is beginning. The govt. control of the internet has begun. With out due explanation or reasons given other than 'a history of abuse'. How far away is ToL from their crossfire?' wrote user 'Pikman' in a discussion forum on survivalist-friendly The Tree of Liberty site."
• A Hidden World, Growing Beyond Control
• http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/
• "The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work."
• Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks
• http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_assange_why_the_world_needs_wikileaks.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-07-20&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email
• "Capable generous men do not create victims, they nurture victims."

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