Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post
November 14, 2011
The Pentagon has laid out its most explicit cyberwarfare policy to date, stating that if directed by the president, it will launch “offensive cyber operations” in response to hostile acts.
Those hostile acts may include “significant cyber attacks directed against the U.S. economy, government or military,” Defense Department officials stated in a long-overdue report to Congress released late Monday.
But the report, obtained by The Washington Post, is still silent on a number of important issues, such as rules of engagement outside designated battle zones — a sign of how challenging the policy debate is in the newest and most complex realm of warfare.
The statements are consistent with preexisting policy, but have never before been stated quite so explicitly, even in the Pentagon’s recently released cyberspace strategy.
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Time for more false e-flags.
Who’s to say they aren’t being hostile, people need to stop thinking that everything this government and law enforcement does is right! People need to start questioning authority, the reason why this country is heading for a disaster and people’s freedom is being violated is for that very reason, NOT QUESTIONING AUTHORITY!!
I honestly believe the only thing the people of the US and the rest of the world need to worry about is the corrupt US Government