Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.
The new version wo. . .
Washington--President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions aimed at the military junta that rules Myanmar, continuing the ongoing ban on the importation of jade and rubies into the United States.
Congress reauthorized the sanctions last week and the president signed the bill into law on Tuesday, dashing the hopes of the American Gem Trade Association, the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) and several other jewelry organizations worldwide that united earlier this summer to urge Congress to consider lifting the U.S. ban on rubies imported from Myanmar.
The ban, which began in 20. . .
Congress reauthorized the sanctions last week and the president signed the bill into law on Tuesday, dashing the hopes of the American Gem Trade Association, the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) and several other jewelry organizations worldwide that united earlier this summer to urge Congress to consider lifting the U.S. ban on rubies imported from Myanmar.
The ban, which began in 20. . .
Details about a U.S. Secret Service safe house for the First Family -- to be used in a national emergency -- were found to have leaked out on a LimeWire file-sharing network recently, members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee were told this morning.
Also unearthed on LimeWire networks in recent days were presidential motorcade routes and a sensitive but unclassified document listing details on every nuclear facility in the country, Robert Boback, CEO of Tiversa Inc. told committee members.
The disclosures prompted the chairman of the committee, Rep. Edolphus . . .
Also unearthed on LimeWire networks in recent days were presidential motorcade routes and a sensitive but unclassified document listing details on every nuclear facility in the country, Robert Boback, CEO of Tiversa Inc. told committee members.
The disclosures prompted the chairman of the committee, Rep. Edolphus . . .
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mentioned casually to CNN today that Twitter is blocked on official White House computers.
Gibbs clearly doesn't appreciate the value that can be derived from the innovative social network; he jokes about it as if it is a tool for personal exhibitionism.
Many readers here will no doubt recognize that there's a whole lot more that can be done with the service than that. This is from the same administration that won't let its employees at the State Department use Firefox (State Dept. for IT admin reasons), so perhaps nothing is surprising. . . .
Gibbs clearly doesn't appreciate the value that can be derived from the innovative social network; he jokes about it as if it is a tool for personal exhibitionism.
Many readers here will no doubt recognize that there's a whole lot more that can be done with the service than that. This is from the same administration that won't let its employees at the State Department use Firefox (State Dept. for IT admin reasons), so perhaps nothing is surprising. . . .
Black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he will accept President Barack Obama's invitation to visit him at the White House along with the white police officer who arrested the Harvard professor.
Gates told the Boston Globe in an e-mail late Friday that he spoke to Obama and said he would meet with Cambridge Police Sgt.
James Crowley. Gates said he hoped his arrest by Crowley leads to greater sensitivity on racial profiling and that it was time to "move on."
Obama extended the invitation Friday in phone calls to the two men as he sought to calm a national debate over racial p. . .
Gates told the Boston Globe in an e-mail late Friday that he spoke to Obama and said he would meet with Cambridge Police Sgt.
James Crowley. Gates said he hoped his arrest by Crowley leads to greater sensitivity on racial profiling and that it was time to "move on."
Obama extended the invitation Friday in phone calls to the two men as he sought to calm a national debate over racial p. . .
"Whatever we once were, we're no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers. We should acknowledge this and realize that when we're formulating policies..."
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tells CBN news that "America is no longer just a Christian nation" and laid out ways both religious conservatives and liberals can begin to find common ground."
Senator Obama made that statement by email in response to questions by CBN News' Senior National Correspondent David Brod. . .
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tells CBN news that "America is no longer just a Christian nation" and laid out ways both religious conservatives and liberals can begin to find common ground."
Senator Obama made that statement by email in response to questions by CBN News' Senior National Correspondent David Brod. . .
Former General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will retire Aug. 1 with a pension and benefit package the automaker valued at more than $10 million.
Wagoner, 56, who was ousted by the Obama administration on March 30, will get $1.64 million in benefits annually for each of the next five years, plus an annual pension of $74,030 for the rest of his life, according to company documents filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The former CEO, who spent 32 years with the company, can also choose to cash out his company-provided life insurance policy at. . .
Wagoner, 56, who was ousted by the Obama administration on March 30, will get $1.64 million in benefits annually for each of the next five years, plus an annual pension of $74,030 for the rest of his life, according to company documents filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The former CEO, who spent 32 years with the company, can also choose to cash out his company-provided life insurance policy at. . .
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