White House control of the Internet.............

A bill being composed by aides of Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va) is causing concern among technology advocates for strikingly broad language in describing how the White House should direct private sector networks in the event of a cybersecurity emergency. Effectively, it’s critics state, the bill would give the White House control over the American Internet in the event of a major electronic attack on the nation’s infrastructure or other emergency circumstance as declared by the President. But, does it? The answer to that is as ambiguous as the bill’s language, though the Senate Commerce Committee insists that it does not...Link