Egypt Kills The Internet, Elites Secretly Applaud

February 2, 2011
by Bob Livingston

As the movement to topple the Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt gained traction, Egyptian authorities took draconian measures to stop it in its tracks — it shut down cell phone services, the Internet and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Days later, despite insincere pleas from President Barack Obama, Internet services remained down even though some cell phone service had been restored.

But while Obama was preaching to Mubarak and his gang to resume Internet services, legislation to kill the Internet in the United States — that was introduced last year but never acted upon — was about to be reintroduced again.

“My legislation would provide a mechanism for the government to work with the private sector in the event of a true cyber emergency,â€