Obama in Complete Control of The Internet?

From Mother Jones and E-week via Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:

Should Obama Control the Internet?

Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so.  On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure. That broad power is rattling some civil libertarians.

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced on April 1 in the Senate would allow Obama to shut down private Internet networks.  The bill would also give the president unprecedented authority over private-sector applications and software.

Obama would have broad authority to designate various private networks as a "critical infrastructure system or network" and, with no other review, "may declare a cyber-security emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from" the designated the private-sector system or network.

The 51-page bill does not define what private sector networks would be considered critical to the nation's security, but the Center for Democracy and Technology fears it could include communications networks in addition to the more traditional security concerns over the financial and transportation networks and the electrical grid.

According to a number of media reports, the bill was crafted with the cooperation of the White House.