Monday, August 06, 2012
US Senate blocks Obama-backed cybersecurity bill
A cybersecurity bill sought by President Barack Obama as critical to American national defence was blocked Thursday in the Senate, drawing an angry response from the White House.
The legislation failed to advance amid opposition from an unusual coalition of civil libertarians who feared it could allow too much government snooping, and conservatives who said it would create a new bureaucracy.
The bill needed 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to advance under rules in the chamber, but got only 52. The failure came despite pleas from Obama and top US defence officials.
Matt Kibbe of the conservative group FreedomWorks said the bill was "deeply flawed and would stifle innovation on the internet."
He said that by allowing the Department of Homeland Security to define what amounted to critical infrastructure it would "create a completely open-ended regulatory apparatus for Internet security."
A campaign launched by civil liberties groups argued that the bill "would let companies like Facebook and Google monitor our online communications and then pass that data to the government without a warrant."
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Sadly, it's only a matter of time before some version of this bill is passed.
SAY NO TO BIG BROTHER
SAY NO TO THE USA ACTING LIKE BIG BROTHER INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ITS OWN BORDERS!
Obama is a liberal fascist plain and simple.
The bill was very likely defeated because it had attached a section to ban high-capacity ammo magazines which many are opposed to.
Get US out of the UNITED NATIONS and get the UNITED NATIONS out of America
"get the UNITED NATIONS out of America"
You can go with them. No need for you here.
"Would let companies like Facebook and Google monitor our online communications and then pass that data to the government without a warrant..."
Oh, do you mean to say they don't already do that? In fact, they, and credit card companies/banks, know far more about us than the govt. ever could.
Im Not Leaving
Interesting that after being away a few days, I read this entry after reading about the U.S. decision to oppose permitting the U.N. to regulate the internet. It seems Obama wants that power all to himself.
"It seems Obama wants that power all to himself."
That's one person's belief.
King Fink Obama will simpley use his dictorial decrees and go over the heads of congress or the senate Aafter all it worked for HITLER and STALIN
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