Obama Issues Executive Order That Will Allow Govt Control Of Privately Owned Computer Networks Obama has just taken a huge step in infringing on Americans right to privacy. Not to mention he has once again gone over Congress head in order to pass a law. This is unbelievable. Obamas executive order will devote $19 billion to cyber security and will give the government the duty of protecting privately owned computer networks. This seems like a disaster and the beginning of a Big Brother scenario. Here is what Obama had to say about it: One of the biggest gaps between the public sector and the private sector is in our IT space and it makes everybodys information vulnerable. Our Social Security system still runs on a platform that dates back to the 60s, Obama said. Our IRS systems are archaic. As with a whole host of other agencies that are consistently collecting data on every American. If we are really going to secure those in a serious way then we need to upgrade them. That is something we should all be able to agree on. This shouldnt be an ideological issue. We need protection from Obama. Having him in control of the safety of our private networks is a recipe for disaster. Obama knows this is a bad idea. If it wasnt, he would have gone through Congress to get it passed, rather than go above its head. Do you think Congress should veto this executive order? 