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Egypt Kills The Internet, Elites Secretly Applaud

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img srchttpwww.personalliberty.comwpcontentthemesredesignimagestwitterfacebookimage.jpg altEgypt Kills The Internet, Elites Secretly Applaud hspace5 vspace5 alignright As the movement to topple the Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt gained traction, Egyptian authorities took draconian measures to stop it in its tracksit shut down cell phone services, the Internet and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.Days later, despite insincere pleas from President Barack Obama, Internet services remained down even though some cell phone service had been restored.But while Obama was preaching to Mubarak and his gang to resume Internet services, legislation to kill the Internet in the United Statesthat was introduced last year but never acted uponwas about to be reintroduced again.My legislation would provide a mechanism for the government to work with the private sector in the event of a true cyber emergency, progressive Senator Susan Collins RMaine told Wired.com in an emailed statement this week. It would give our nation the best tools available to swiftly respond to a significant threat.Nothing threatens the political elites like the free transfer of information. Having lost control of the message due to the declining relevance of the corporatist mainstream media, political elites are seeking to regain control.Chameleon Senator Joe Lieberman IConn. introduced the legislation last year. In an interview on emCNNem, Lieberman said, Right now Chinathe governmentcan disconnect parts of its Internet in a case of war. We need to have the ability to do that, too.When does China disconnect parts of its Internet Not in times of war but when groups gather to protest their governments abuses.Lieberman cited a threat to Americas power stations and other critical infrastructure in defending his bill last year. But power grids and critical infrastructure are not part of the World Wide Web. And the threats to that critical infrastructure come from governments themselves, as evidenced by the revelation that the Stuxnet worm that brought down Irans nuclear program was devised and implemented by U.S. and Israeli government agents.Dont be fooled. The elites arent worried about external threats. They are worried about an informed populace. For as Council on Foreign Relations cofounder and Bilderberger Zbigniew Brzezinski lamented last year, the people of the world are becoming more aware of whats going on than ever before, and this awareness is harming the globalists agenda.While Egyptian citizens are trying to throw off the shackles of tyranny, U.S. elites are trying to transfer those shackles to Americans. The Internet Kill Switch Bill must be defeated.