An executive order signed by President Barack Obama gives the United States government the go-ahead to sanction suspected cyber-criminals with financial and travel restrictions amid a wave of high-profile hacks.

Citing the surge of assaults against the computer networks of US entities in recent months, Pres. Obama said Wednesday that he has declared a “national emergency” and accordingly authorized the US Treasury Department to sanction suspected hackers operating abroad in an effort to discourage future cyber-assaults.

On the heels of attacks suffered by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Target and a seemingly ever-expanding list of other victims as of late, this Obama administration newest effort is intended to amplify the government’s ability to go after hackers and deter future online assaults that may otherwise have crippling effects. Coupled with the Department of Justice’s recent promise to ramp-up its ability to counter foreign cyber-criminals through the creation of a new threat integration center, the latest memo from the White House reveals yet another option in the administration’s growing toolkit with regards to its ability to tackle malicious actors who operate online. The language included in this week’s directive is already raising concerns, however, and could be broad enough to give the federal government unmatched new powers in the digital realm.
http://rt.com/usa/245949-executive-or…

It must certainly be clear given the recent hacks against crucial infrastructure that America confronts a major cyber security threat from foreign governments and criminal organizations. In just the last few years it has been revealed that hackers have crept into everything from critical physical components that handle water utilities to 23 orbiting spacecraft handled by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The problems have been showcased by major cyber security firms like Symantec and McAfee.

The threat is real and the government knows it. In an open letter to her successor, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cautioned that a massive attack against the U.S. power grid is imminent.

There is obviously a national emergency in America, and as we know, the politicians in D.C. can never let a good crisis go to waste.

Now all they require is another crisis, irrespective of whether real or imagined, to implement what will be nothing short of martial law on the streets of America.

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• marlio

  wHAT A STUPID,. ASININE, RIDICULOUS THREAT. iT’S ALL A RUSE TO BRING IN MARTIAL LAW before planet X comes so Congress and this wimp, of a joke in the white house, scuttle underground to the tomb of domb, bercause they think they will be safe hiding from the Wrath of God, in the bunkerd WE have paid for!!!! What a JOKE, BUT THEN LOOK AT WHAT ONAMA IS!!!!!

  Apr 2, 2015, 9:07 am 0 Reply
• marlio

  Hmmmm I wonder what the next bogus, national security threat will be? hmmmmm Ebola maybe, flu virus perhaps, I KNOW AN INVASION BY ALIENS!!! OBAMA WANTS TO GO HIDE UNDER HIS PILLOW AND THINKS THE SKY IS FALLING. yOU KNOW THE PEOPLE WORKING FOR HIM HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE OF A SQUIRREL AND WOULD QUAKE IF THE WIND CHANGED DIRECTIONS!!!! They will be hysterical if anything else happens but I imagine most people are ogoing to laugh at his fearful delusions!!!

  Apr 2, 2015, 9:13 am 0 Reply
• my2pesos

  WWW Is This ~ IWW With SS

  IWW = Industrial Workers of the World……(Founded in Chicago 1905)

  Apr 2, 2015, 9:42 am 0 Reply
• Beaver Hunter

  SONY? “On the heels of (Cyber) attacks suffered by Sony Pictures Entertainment”.

  Didn’t Mike Jackson buy up 51% of the shares of Sony shortly before he Died? Interesting.

  Apr 2, 2015, 10:07 am 0 Reply
• HORUS

  Don’t fret as long as BIN is still accessible – freedom of speech is guaranteed.

  Apr 2, 2015, 10:43 am 1 Reply
• albertan

  Blah Blah Blah!! Heard all the BS before. i hope no one is believing that Phoney Fraudster PSYCHO Criminal.

  Apr 2, 2015, 11:50 am 1 Reply
• Paul Rowlandson

  Barry would not know how to control a back yard BBQ.

  Apr 2, 2015, 1:16 pm 0 Reply
• CuPb

  Executive Orders are NOT law.

  They are NOT binding and have NO lawful effect….other that what the cowardly populace allows.

  Apr 2, 2015, 4:25 pm 0 Reply
• CuPb

  Would someone kindly point out where “executive orders” are defined in this document?:

  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

  (Good Luck)

  Apr 2, 2015, 4:28 pm 0 Reply
  • CuPb

    Then again, the document clearly states:

    No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;

    So we know it has become nothing more than a relic due to the apathy of those expected to enforce it. (That would be WE THE PEOPLE).

    Apr 2, 2015, 4:34 pm 0 Reply