Interesting poll results

[armedandsafe]

I haven't found a link which shows the question(s) asked.

MEDIA MATTERS
Poll: No Net shutdown – even in emergency
82% say they oppose 'cyberspace security' bill in Senate

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Posted: April 28, 2009
12:30 am Eastern

© 2009 WorldNetDaily

WASHINGTON – A Zogby poll released today shows overwhelming opposition to a Senate bill that would give the president authority to shut down the Internet in times of national emergency.

Commissioned by the O'Leary Report, the poll of 3,937 voters in the last election shows 81.8 percent oppose the idea, with only 5 percent supporting it. The margin of error is +/-1.6 percent, according to Zogby.

The bill in question is the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. It would give to the U.S. government authority over all networks considered part of the nation's critical infrastructure. Under the proposed Cybersecurity Act of 2009, the president would have the authority to shut down Internet traffic to protect national security.

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The government also would have access to digital data from a vast array of industries including banking, telecommunications and energy. A second bill, meanwhile, would create a national cybersecurity adviser – commonly referred to as the cybersecurity czar – within the White House to coordinate strategy with a wide range of federal agencies involved.

"I know the threats we face." Rockefeller said in a prepared statement when the legislation was introduced. "Our enemies are real. They are sophisticated, they are determined and they will not rest."

The bill would allow the government to create a detailed set of standards for cybersecurity, as well as take over the process of certifying IT technicians.

A spokeswoman from Rockefeller's office told Fox News neither he nor the two senators who co-sponsored the bill, Snowe and Nelson, will answer questions on cybersecurity until a later date.

Pops

[bcj1755]

Between this and the closet-commies wanting to reinstate the "Fairness" Doctrine, I"m starting to wonder why Barry just doesn't openly form a Ministry of Propaganda and Popular Enlightenment to take care fo all this

[armedandsafe]

I"m starting to wonder why Barry just doesn't openly form a Ministry of Propaganda and Popular Enlightenment to take care fo all this

He doesn't have to do that openly. He has the Main Stream Media on the hook already.

Pops

[bcj1755]

Originally Posted by armedandsafe

He doesn't have to do that openly. He has the Main Stream Media on the hook already.

Pops

True, but with a Propaganda Ministry in place, then he can exert control over Fox News, the internet, and conservative talk radio.

[Trouble 45-70]

Govt. controlled security standards would make a tasty target for our enemys. Security would have a particular standard instead of all the security protocols offered by different companies now. In a cyber attack now, some security would be completly compromised while others may still be operational to a greater or lesser extent. One standard? Probably wiped out. I don' know diddly about computers but thats what I think. Wasn't it Russia that had czars, didn't they come to a bad end?