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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

#Lieberman Bill Gives #Feds 'Emergency' Powers To Secure Civilian #Networks

via Technology on HuffingtonPost.com by Wired on 6/2/10

Joe Lieberman wants to give the federal government the power to take over civilian networks' security, if there's an "imminent cyber threat." It's part of a draft bill, co-sponsored by Senators Lieberman and Susan Collins, that provides the Department of Homeland Security broad authority to ensure that "critical infrastructure" stays up and running in the face of a looming hack attack.

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