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Date: Wed May 09 2012 - 00:24:00 CDT

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http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2012/05/lawmaker-wants-clarify-pentagons-authority-cyber-operations/55624/

By Dawn Lim
Nextgov
May 8, 2012

House Armed Services Committee chairman Rep. Howard McKeon has called
for legislative language to clarify that the Pentagon can launch secret
cybersecurity operations to support military efforts and guard against
network attacks.

In a release of his draft bill of the National Defense Authorization Act
for fiscal 2013, the Republican lawmaker pushed for a clause to confirm
that the Pentagon has “the authority to conduct clandestine military
activities in cyberspace.�

Such operations could be taken to protect against cyber attacks or as an
extension of military policy if Congress authorized use of force outside
the United States, according to the document.

The draft did not clarify what such clandestine activities would
encompass, acknowledging instead that “because of the evolving nature of
cyber warfare, there is a lack of historical precedent for what
constitutes traditional military activities in cyberspace.� The bill
could force lawmakers to debate the scope and the authority of the
Pentagon’s ability to wage hacking attacks and infiltrate enemy
networks.

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