It would be difficult enough for the US government to shut off the internet in the US (although I don't doubt they could do it). You can't really take a few si

It would be difficult enough for the US government to shut off the internet in the US (although I don't doubt they could do it). You can't really take a few simple DDoS attacks as an indicator that such a thing could be possible in the US. Besides that, why would they want to shut off the internet when they could probably do any number of much more violent and heinous acts with much less effort and sophistication?