Sen Feinstein is worried net neutrality might help the terrorists

[Commentary] In a letter delivered to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler in May, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) raised concerns that the new network neutrality rules might be used to shield terrorists. In particular, Vice Chairman Feinstein was concerned that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev had studied bomb-making materials on the Internet -- specifically, online copies of AQAP's Inspire magazine -- and that many broadband providers had complained to her that net neutrality rules would prevent them from honoring any orders to block that content.

It's quite a bind, and in the letter, Vice Chairman Feinstein entreats Chairman Wheeler to assure providers that it isn't true. The Vice Chairman acknowledges that there are laws against material support for terrorism, and Title II only applies to legal web traffic, but "nonetheless, there is apparently confusion among at least some broadband providers on whether they may take such actions in order to promote national security and law enforcement purposes."