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["christian stalberg" <cstalberg AT web-analysts.net>]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/0828/congress-internet-kill-switch-defense-b
ill/
...
Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE), one of the sponsors of the Protecting Cyberspace
as a National Asset Act, told GovInfoSecurity.com that the Senate is
considering attaching the bill as a rider to a defense authorization bill
likely to pass through Congress before the mid-term elections.
....

But many observers point out that that doesn't necessarily amount to a "kill
switch" -- and, in fact, the president already has the power to shut off the
Internet. As Time magazine points out, the Communications Act of 1934 grants
the president the power to shut down wire communications during a time of
war, and the Internet is now recognized as a wire communication medium.