Questions On U.S. Cyberwarfare Policy Now Being Raised

GETTY IMAGES Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele A. Flournoy are spearheading efforts to develop new defenses for military computer networks.

U.S. Takes Aim At Cyberwarfare -- Washington Times

Data sharing, defense against unknown attackers among issues.

The Pentagon's decision last week to establish a unified cybercommand to defend the military's computer networks and attack those of U.S. enemies raises at least as many questions as it answers, analysts and experts in the field say.

"How does it fit into the strategic goals of defending our economy and our way of life?" asked Marcus Sachs, who helped set up the U.S. military's first cyberwarfare unit in 1998.

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Update: Defend America, One Laptop at a Time -- New York Times opinion

My Comment: The above picture reminds me of a high tech project that I was involved with in the late 1980s. I assembled a team to make this high tech project a reality, and my associate put together the management and money people together. The management team looked like the picture above .... they wanted all the money, the prestige, and the publicity .... and they wanted us to do the work.

I think history is repeating itself.