They Knew It.... Prior to Roll-Out They Knew it was a SECURITY QUAGMIRE

The Obama Administration 

knew it was a 

MAJOR SECURITY RISK 

to Americans!!!!

Documents provided to the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform reveal that the Obama administration knew of security vulnerabilities within Healthcare.gov prior to Oct. 1, but launched the website anyway. Chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) said Health and Human Services (HHS) officials showed a “disturbing lack of judgment” by going ahead with the site’s launch and putting Americans’ personal information at risk...............

Results of a security assessment conducted by a contractor on the site, MITRE Corporation, found that 19 security vulnerabilities remained unaddressed on Oct. 1.
Eleven of the 19 vulnerabilities “significantly impact the confidentiality, integrity and/or availability of the system data,” MITRE said.

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Cyberspace under attack... By the Senate??

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has a new Bill.
It is called The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010, S.3480.

Lieberman's View
“The Internet may have started out as a communications oddity some 40 years ago but it is now a necessity of modern life, and sadly one that is under constant attack,” said Lieberman. “It must be secured, – and today, Senators Collins, Carper, and I have introduced a bill which we believe will do just that. The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 is designed to bring together the disjointed efforts of multiple federal agencies and departments to prevent cyber theft, intrusions, and attacks across the federal government and the private sector. The bill would establish a clear organizational structure to lead federal efforts in safeguarding cyber networks. And it would build a public/private partnership to increase the preparedness and resiliency of those private critical infrastructure cyber networks upon which our way of life depends.

Opponents ViewTechnology lobbying group TechAmerica warned that the legislation created “the potential for absolute power,” while the Center for Democracy and Technology worried that the bill’s emergency powers “include authority to shut down or limit internet traffic on private systems.”
The bill has the vehement support of Senator Jay Rockefeller, who last year asked during a congressional hearing, “Would it had been better if we’d have never invented the Internet?” while fearmongering about cyber-terrorists preparing attacks.

"Good intentions aside, America's technology companies are concerned about the unintended consequences that would result from the legislation's regulatory approach," said Phil Bond, president of TechAmerica, who said the changes could stifle innovation.

It would, Declan McCullagh, a committed libertarian journalist for Cnet, ““grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of or even shut down portions of the Internet.” He claimed that, under the bill, “companies such as broadband providers, search engines, or software firms that the government selects ‘shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed’ by the Department of Homeland Security. Anyone failing to comply would be fined.” Warrantless wiretapping is excluded as an emergency power.

Cybersecurity Act of 2009 allows President to SHUT DOWN INTERNET

Senator Jay Rockefeller has introduced a bill that would allow the President to
SHUT YOU DOWN. BYE-BYE INTERNET.BYE-BYE BLOGS
"OOOH IT IS A CYBER-EMERGENCY, SHUT IT DOWN"
Cybersecurity Act of 2009

The Official Senate Title states........... A bill to ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications, to provide for the continued development and exploitation of the Internet and intranet communications for such purposes, to provide for the development of a cadre of information technology specialists to improve and maintain effective cybersecurity defenses against disruption, and for other purposes.
SOUNDS GOOD BUT>>>>>>>>>
It also includes this......

SEC. 18. CYBERSECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY.

The President--

(1) within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, shall develop and implement a comprehensive national cybersecurity strategy, which shall include--

(2) may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network;.......................

(6) may order the disconnection of any Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information systems or networks in the interest of national security;
EMAIL SENATOR ROCKEFELLER HERE
EMAIL SEANTOR WEBB HERE
EMAIL SENATOR WARNER HERE
See the full text of the bill here