Internet Kill Switches: Bush-Era Secret Docs Reveal President's Secret, Unchecked Emergency Powers

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According to newly released White House documents from 2004, the George W. Bush administration was conducting a classified review of the president's secret emergency powers, which they believed granted the president access to a "kill switch" that could turn off internet access to all, or most, Americans.