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Senate Dems urge Obama to EO lockdown of Internet.
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Obama plans to issue cyber security regulations on American businesses before the election? This may stop Patriots from Communicating freely without intervention and propaganda from the Government Media. THE OMG GROUP...
"Never let a serious crisis go to waste"--Rahm Emanuel
First
and foremost, my thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends
of those embassy employees who lost their lives in the riots in Libya.
May God wrap His loving arms around all those effected by the violence
in Libya.
CONCLUSION:
Many watching the cyber security
legislation believe that the President will use a 2003 Homeland Security
Presidential Directive (HSPD) 7 issued by former President Bush to make
the rulemaking changes on America's business community in the name of
"national security." In light of the death of our Ambassador in Libya
last night, in part sparked by an Internet movie ridiculing the Islamic
religion, President Obama could issue this new order within the next
couple of weeks--before the Nov. election.
Several Democratic
Senators are urging the President, in the name of national security, to
do as much as he can to advance the goals of the Senate's Cyber security
Act (S. 3414), which includes controversial private sector provisions.
These private sector provisions are strong incentives for businesses to
share internet information with the Federal government.
Sens
Feinstein (D-CA) and Rockefeller (D-WVA) sent letters to the President
on Aug. 28 & Aug. 13 in which they urged him to act on cyber
security provisions since the bill failed in the Senate. Part of the
letter reads like this:
“I therefore urge you to issue an Executive
Order, or take other appropriate action, to advance the cyber security
of our Nation's critical infrastructure.”
Sen. Lieberman (I-CT), the main author of the Senate cyber security bill, also endorsed the idea of an executive order.
“If
Congress cannot get its act together to protect our nation from the
real, urgent, and growing threat of cyber attack, then the president
must do everything he can by executive order,” the statement said.
Senator
Collins (R-ME) has rejected the executive order idea, saying that it
should not be used as a substitute for legislative action.
The
Senate cyber security bill requires the Department of Homeland Security
to develop strong voluntary cyber security standards for information
sharing for all operators of “critical infrastructure,” such as power
plants and water systems. Many in the business community fear that these
standards would lead to cumbersome and burdensome government
regulations on ALL American businesses.
Remember what the President did earlier this year---
The
President ordered DHS to take steps that were almost identical to the
proposed Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act
(S. 3992), an immigration bill that had been defeated in the Senate.
Back
in 2011, the White House unveiled a comprehensive cyber security
proposal that was similar to the Senate's original cyber security bill.
It called for DHS to be granted new strong rulemaking authority.
Remember
the full quote of the then chief of staff to President Obama, it goes
like this: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I
mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do
before."--Rahm Emanuel
Stay tuned!
