Cyber Combat: Act of War

If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks...

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POTUS' Role in Cyber Defense

If the Internet is considered a vital U.S. asset, what powers does the president have in the event of a potentially catastrophic cyberattack?

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Applying JWT to Cyberspace

NPR aired a story this morning (part 1 of 2) discussing whether and how just war criteria may be applied to a cyber attack. Policy makers fear the anonymity of the cyber world may make it difficult or impossibel to catch those who vilate the laws of cyber war.

"It is a near certainty that the United States will scrupulously obey whatever is written down, and it is almost as certain that no one else will," says Stewart Baker, a former NSA general counsel and an assistant secretary of homeland security under President George W. Bush.