Back in April we reported this:

Last week Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced Cybersecurity Act of 2009, S.773 [PDF file], which would establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor and be an arm of the executive branch.

From Mother Jones

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 gives the president the ability to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any “critical” information network “in the interest of national security.” The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.

The bill does not only add to the power of the president. It also grants the Secretary of Commerce “access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access.” This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws. More [here].

We’re moving closer.

President Obama is expected to announce late this week that he will create a “cyber czar,” a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation’s government-run and private computer networks, according to people who have been briefed on the plan.

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