Lieberman's S.3480 bill sounds so paternal and safe: Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010. Our Daily Cup of Joe wants to free our "cybercommunity" of "cyberterrorists" by giving our President a "kill switch" to shut down the internet in the name of "cybersecurity" and "cyberdefense."
Listen to this US Senate link yourself and hear Senator Collins hair-on-fire warning, "We cannot wait for a cyber9/11!," and Senator Lieberman's worries about "cyberwarriors," "cyberspies," "cyberbandits," and "cybercriminals."
LIEBERMAN, COLLINS, CARPER UNVEIL MAJOR CYBERSECURITY BILL TO MODERNIZE, STRENGTHEN, AND COORDINATE CYBER DEFENSES
"Cyberparanoid" Joe accused Ned Lamont's campaign of "cyberattacking" his wonky website and called in the FBI and MSM, which broadcast his conspiracy theory (CT) all over the state of Connecticut (CT) on the day of the Democratic primary for US Senate.
Although the FBI informed Lieberman and the Connecticut Attorney General in October, 2006 that no one hacked joe2006.com, this information wasn't imparted to the general public until well after the general election.
In the following clip, Lieberman blames the internet for his loss to Ned Lamont in the 2006 Democratic Senate primary, Lieberman complained to law enforcement that his website was hacked by "devious anti-Lieberman forces," Lieberman called the Connecticut Democratic Party Chair to ask the Lamont campaign to call off his "cyberallies," ABC Jack Tapper reported that the hacking incident was symbolic of the "tornado of anti-war liberal Internet writers, called bloggers, that Lieberman faced" followed by a clip of the DailyKos logo and [gasp] that Lamont "even put one blogger from the popular DailyKos website in a campaign ad!," CNN dutifully reported Lieberman's false accusation that Lamont's campaign hacked his website the day before the primary, and Lieberman refuted a DailyKos diary, CT-Sen: Why Lieberman's site is down, by kos, claiming the diary accused them of not paying their bills, but what kos actually said was:
They are paying $15/month for hosting at a place called MyHostCamp, with a bandwidth limit of 10GB. MyHostCamp is currently down, along with all their clients.
Here's the deal -- you get what you pay for. My hosting bill is now over $7K per month. A smaller site doesn't need that much bandwidth, but if you're paying $15 because your $12 million campaign is too freakin' cheap to pay for quality hosting, then don't go blaming your opponent when your shitty service goes out.
Media that reported Lieberman's hacking charge against Lamont supporters have yet to report FBI found "no evidence of (an) attack", MediaMatters for America, April 29, 2008.
Despite having reported the August 2006 allegation by Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's re-election campaign that supporters of Ned Lamont, then his rival in the Democratic Senate primary, had "hacked" Lieberman's campaign website, numerous media outlets -- including ABC, CNN, and CBS -- have yet to report that an FBI investigation reportedly concluded before the November 2006 general election that there was "no evidence of (an) attack."
On the August 9, 2006, edition of ABC's Good Morning America, senior national correspondent Jake Tapper reported: "Lieberman's campaign complained to law enforcement that its website was hacked yesterday by devious anti-Lieberman forces. Lamont said he knew nothing about the hacking. But the incident was symbolic of the tornado of anti-war liberal Internet writers, called bloggers, that Lieberman faced."
(I emphasized in bold: tornado of anti-war liberal Internet writers, called bloggers, that Lieberman faced.)
Remember the Lieberman "hack attack"?, Salon, War Room, April 9, 2008.
A federal investigation has concluded that U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's 2006 re-election campaign was to blame for the crash of its Web site the day before Connecticut's heated Aug. 8 Democratic primary.
The FBI office in New Haven found no evidence supporting the Lieberman campaign's allegations that supporters of primary challenger Ned Lamont of Greenwich were to blame for the Web site crash.
Lieberman, who was fighting for his political life against the anti-Iraq war candidate Lamont, implied that joe2006.com was hacked by Lamont supporters.
"The server that hosted the joe2006.com Web site failed because it was overutilized and misconfigured. There was no evidence of (an) attack," according to the e-mail.
Media that reported Lieberman's hacking charge against Lamont supporters have yet to report FBI found "no evidence of (an) attack", MediaMatters for America, April 29, 2008.
According to an April 22, 2008, Advocate article, the office of state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said it "never saw or read the [October 25, 2006] FBI e-mail until its contents were reported by The Advocate" on April 9.
[snip]
Thomas Carson, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney, said in a statement that the office updated the Lieberman campaign and Blumenthal on the investigation in late October 2006.
If you believe that Joe Lieberman only has our best interest at heart, then don't worry about Joe's "kill-switch" bill.
If you believe that politicians and government agencies never abuse their power and never suppress information from voters that exonerate anti-war candidates they falsely accused of a cybercrime, then don't worry about Joe's "kill-switch" bill.
If you believe that politicians would never shut down a site simply because he or she couldn't control information, then don't worry about Joe's "kill-switch" bill.
If you believe that Joe Lieberman would never promote a bill that would diminish our freedom to write and read what we please on line, then don't worry about Joe's "kill-switch" bill.
If you believe that Joe would only shut down the internet for a real cybemergency - not a hoax, then don't worry about Joe's "kill-switch" bill.
If you believe that Joe only means to silence the terrorists, not a tornado of anti-war liberal Internet writers, called bloggers, then don't worry about Joe's "kill-switch" bill.
But if you don't trust Joe Lieberman, who didn't do the honorable thing and inform the media that he was wrong to accuse Lamont's campaign of hacking his joe2006.com website when the FBI informed him in October, 2006 of the real reason his site crashed, then please, please call your Congressman and Sentators to ask them to vote against S.3480: Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010
US Capitol Switchboard Toll-free Numbers
1-866-220-0044
1-877-851-6437
1-800-833-6354
1-888-355-3588
1-866-808-0065
1-877-762-8762
1-800-862-5530
