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According to Post’s sources, namely “officials who have seen the classified document and are not authorized to speak on the record,” Pres. Obama signed the paperwork in mid-October. Those authorities explain to the paper that the initiative in question, Presidential Policy Directive 20, “establishes a broad and strict set of standards to guide the operations of federal agencies in confronting threats in cyberspace.”
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Thanks for the link - good to see Obama taking cyber security seriously!
A secret review has concluded that US President Obama has the authority to launch a preemptive cyber attack on any country on the basis that they are considered a ‘cyber threat’ – even if there is no concrete evidence of this threat.
Originally posted by 11235813213455
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Thanks for the link - good to see Obama taking cyber security seriously!
Ya because it's such an applaudable thing for a supposedly democratically elected leader to do right? I mean.. secret directives pointed at a citizenry is one of the cornerstones of America democracy..
Aren't you located in the South Pacific? Why would you choose this thread to agitate when your not even am American?