Obama Government Seeks Control Of Internet During Security Emergencies

In a move which further erodes the First Amendment of the Consitution and completely undermines the civil liberties implied in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Senate is working on a Bill which would give President Obama the ability to essentially shut down the internet in the event of a national emergency:

Details of a revamped version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 show the Senate bill could give the president a "kill switch" on the Internet and allow him to shut out private networks from online access.

First Amendment Killer?

My view on this is that the Government is getting more concerned about the growing unrest with the Government's failure to reign in the growing corruption in our banking and political systems and is looking for ways to limit the dissemination of information to the public by cutting off internet access.  Given the low probability of terrorism from sources external to the country, I would suspect that this means that the Government is increasingly concerned about how the public would respond to another massive banking crisis.  Please note that the Patriot Act enables to the President to regard banking and financial market disruptions as "security threats."