{"id":29314,"date":"2016-09-28T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29314"},"modified":"2016-09-28T13:40:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:40:22","slug":"coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29314","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a recent Press Release from Senator Ted Cruz<\/a>:<\/p>\n

National Security<\/a> Leaders Oppose Obama’s Oct. 1 Internet<\/a> Handover<\/h1>\n

Military and cybersecurity experts send letter to top Pentagon officials urging intervention in irreversible transition<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 27, 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\n

202-228-7561<\/strong><\/h3>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, a broad coalition of 77 national security, cybersecurity, and industry leaders sent a letter<\/a> to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter<\/a> and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford<\/a> calling on the top military officials to intervene in opposition to President Obama<\/a>\u2019s radical proposal to relinquish American guardianship of the Internet and give it to foreign corporations and countries, including Russia, China, and Iran. This letter follows a joint statement<\/a> issued by 10 Republican senators urging Democratic senators to oppose the Obama administration\u2019s proposed Internet handover set to take place on October 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs individuals with extensive, first-hand experience with protecting our national security, we write to urge you to intervene in opposition to an imminent action that would, in our judgment, cause profound and irreversible damage to the United States<\/a>\u2019 vital interests,\u201d the letter reads. \u201c\u2026Indeed, there is, to our knowledge, no compelling reason for exposing the national security to such a risk by transferring our remaining control of the Internet in this way at this time. In light of the looming deadline, we feel compelled to urge you to impress upon President Obama that the contract between NTIA and ICANN cannot be safely terminated at this point.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The distinguished group of signers includes former Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank Gaffney, Jr.<\/a>, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Lt. Gen. William \u201cJerry\u201d Boykin (Ret.), former Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, former Director of the Defense Nuclear Agency<\/a> Vice Adm. Robert Monroe (Ret.), and former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York<\/a> Andrew McCarthy, among others.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congress must act by September 30 in order to stop this Internet handover, which poses the risk of increased censorship and loss of free speech online, possible legal repercussions, and national security vulnerabilities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the defense experts\u2019 letter in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a critical moment. We have two days to maintain freedom of speech on the Internet. Even if this blog does not go away, all of the alternative news sources that Americans now have to balance the biased mainstream media will be gone within the next year if the internet is turned over. The planned turnover of the Internet represents a serious threat to Americans who want to be able to find honest reporting of current events.<\/p>\n

The two current bills I found in Congress relating to this matter were H.Res.853 and S.3034.<\/p>\n

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