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Pentagon Confirms Cyber Command, Under NSA Control

Posted by timothy on from the does-a-cool-museum-justify-tapping-my-phone? dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Pentagon's been planning a cyber command for a while now but it's just been confirmed. The Pentagon will set up a Cyber Command outfit most likely around — surprise surprise — Fort George G. Meade in Maryland. From the article, 'The head of the Cyber Command would also be the director of the U.S. National Security Agency, which conducts electronic surveillance and communications interception and is also based at Fort Meade.' The Air Force has been no stranger to digital warfare."

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  1. Re:Concentration by El+Torico · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems like just one or two nukes could make the U.S. nearly incapable of defending itself against a serious attack.

    Are you proposing that the DoD use some sort of decentralized command and control system? That's crazy talk.

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    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
  2. Re:Concentration by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps we could begin research into a sort of "inter-network" whereby these decentralized command and control nodes might communicate with one another...

  3. Contest! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    First one to add Cyber Command to their botnet gets 10 internet points!