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America's War on the Web
An anonymous reader writes "The Sunday Herald is reporting that while the US is continuing to pursue traditional means of protecting national security, they are also planning to launch a new wave of 'information warfare' to help combat a perceived growing threat of IT security. From the article: 'The Pentagon has already signed off $383 million to force through the document's recommendations by 2009. Military and intelligence sources in the US talk of "a revolution in the concept of warfare". The report orders three new developments in America's approach to warfare [...] the Pentagon says it will wage war against the internet in order to dominate the realm of communications, prevent digital attacks on the US and its allies, and to have the upper hand when launching cyber-attacks against enemies.'"
Why not dubya seems to be making war everywhere else :op
Seriously though as someone working in government IT I see lots of places where security is very much lacking, money needs to be put into securing government IT systems right now as the recent articles on security at the DoJ shows. Investing in anything IT related but internal security is just stupid.
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If penis size were related to the ability to manipulate the country, George would be walking like a tripod. Given his demonstrated ability to dick us around, the relationship clearly doesn't exist.
Well of course its unlikely, but that isnt what the US goverment is trying to do anyway.
its not about protecting us from the bad guys, its about gaining more control over the people.
It is sad that most people cant see it for what it is, and falls for the excuses.
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Fixed.