Presidential Internet Kill Switch May Still Be Alive

Unprecedented authority to shut down the Internet

[Bentler]

The new language dropped all references to the president's ability to shut down the Internet. Instead, Rockefeller and Snowe granted the president the authority to declare a cyber-security emergency and to direct the "national response to the cyber-threat."

[Bentler]

Sorry I left off the URL - it's at Presidential Internet Kill Switch May Still Be Alive [eweek.com]