After receiving a hailstorm of criticism for his first version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, Sen. Jay Rockefeller revises the legislation to encounter even more criticism. In both versions, the controversy rests on the president's ability to shut down private Internet networks in the case of a national emergency
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The legislation also calls for a public-private clearinghouse for cyber-threats and vulnerability information under the authority of the Department of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce would have the authority to access "all relevant data concerning such networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access."
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