Obama with powers to seize control of the Internet?

No thanks.

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.

Which is to say, I don't think we should be naive about the possibilities of a cybersecurity emergency. The problem is, I fear that Obama is more worried about dissenting Americans than he is about terrorists, even cyberterrorists, from other countries.