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Pentagon cyber-war plans stalled by US Congress
PLANS BY THE PENTAGON to gain dominance in cyberspace have been stalled by the US Congress, which is a little worried about giving the generals too much power.
According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon wanted a command to defend its global network of computer systems. Dubbed cyber command, the cunning plan was to consolidate existing offensive and defensive capabilities under one roof.
However the plan has been slowed to a halt by congressional questions about its mission and possible privacy concerns, according to officials familiar with the discussions.
Some of the things that worry Congress are the questions of when acts in cyberspace become a war and how far the Pentagon can go to defend its own networks. There are fears that the US military's use of wiretaps has gone too far already and the thought is that if it gets a cyber command then this could get much worse.
On one hand the Pentagon's remit to make defence networks more bulletproof is fairly straightforward. However policymakers want to weigh how aggressive to allow the Pentagon to be in defence of military networks, particularly if an attack might come from private networks.
One US Army official said that the Pentagon sees malware outside its own network as a threat that might have be removed, which could mean cracking a company's zombie server and shutting it down, or worse.
Until Congress gets answers to these questions it might be a while before the Pentagon gets its cyber command. µ
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"If only the Pentagon had the same transparency as say, the MoD, hiring former "naughty boys", going rogue in a mutual and spontaneous display of affection.
My advice to the joint chiefs would be to conveniently place all the sensitive data about free energy and UFOs on a laptop and discreetly leave it in the back of a black cab; thereby removing all possibility of severe trouble with social situations.
And if anyone is caught out shouting, “You lie!” they should be punished for not being creative or vindictive enough." ..... posted by : €™bad, 04 January 2010
€™bad, Hear, hear, Well said.
Maybe the MOD BODS* should do their James Bond/Dan Dare/Dr Strangelove thing, and have a chat with the Cowboys on the Other Side of the Pond, explaining how IT all works Perfectly.
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If only the Pentagon had the same transparency as say, the MoD, hiring former "naughty boys", going rogue in a mutual and spontaneous display of affection.
My advice to the joint chiefs would be to conveniently place all the sensitive data about free energy and UFOs on a laptop and discreetly leave it in the back of a black cab; thereby removing all possibility of severe trouble with social situations.
And if anyone is caught out shouting, “You lie!” they should be punished for not being creative or vindictive enough.
Since the US military plans to replace living people with machines to the tune of 30% by 2020. The way the world seems to be on the verge of mass extinction preperation for a few to controle the many seems like a good idea, for thoughs in the few. After all it isnt their money is it and Im sure there will be more then one since when has the military ever bought one of anything.
I wonder what the EU would do if the pentagon does an attack on EU servers for some perceived threat (or to deflect attention from something foul the president at that moment pulled)
Probably nothing but attack the owner of that server on top of it all eh, can't offend precious america after all.