Pentagon puts Cyber Command effort on hold

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/08/ap_cybercommand_081308/

Pentagon puts Cyber Command effort on hold

By Pamela Hess - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Aug 13, 2008 17:02:11 EDT

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon this week delayed and may kill the Air Force’s nascent Cyber Command, according to a memo obtained by the Associated Press. This comes as Russia used a major computer network attack to begin its assault on Georgia.

The service’s Cyber Command is meant to coordinate computer network defense and, more controversially, offensive attacks on enemy networks. The goal, according to senior officials, is to be able to take control of adversary computer networks to thwart attacks or otherwise influence their behavior— either with or without that adversary realizing it.

The Russian computer takedown served the same purpose as a traditional air attack on enemy radars and communications antennae, said Michael Wynne, the former U.S. Air Force Secretary who made cyberwar a central mission of the Air Force.
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The crazies lose another one...

This is an excellent development. Thanks for posting. The cyber command was, no doubt, going to
be manipulated into serving the ends of the internet censors.

By an overwhelming majority... Congress Brings You
Thought Control on the Internet Dec. 19, 2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00247.htm

Passed 400 to 6 in the house, this languishes in the Senate. However, the enterprising folks on
the Hill have already begun pilot projects. Now they won't do this with impunity or with the
help of real national security resources.

The good guys win another one.