Rockefeller's Cyber Security Bill 773 could shut down the Internet

It's amazing the degree to which the Internet has made the free flow of useful, timely information possible. Which is probably why the powers that be are endlessly searching for ways to "regulate" it (i.e. remove the serious threat it imposes on them.) There's a bill in the Senate right now to make it possible for the government to respond to "threats" by turning off part of all of the Internet.

Create panic, then control

Here's an excerpt from Senator Jay Rockefeller's Cyber Security Bill 773, just introduced into the Senate: "(2) may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network." Source: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/613.html