America's War on the Web 428
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.'"
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Re:Better Article.... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Better Article.... (Score:4, Informative)
From the Rand Corp. [rand.org]
They're 'non-partisan', so they are at least making an effort at actually being "Fair and Balanced". And they've been writing papers about Information Warfare since the mid-90s
Re:The lines blur once more. (Score:4, Informative)
Umm...yes it is, at least in the US. It may get you noticed, but it is most assuredly a 1st amendment civil right. Congress may try to take it away, but that is why the courts are a check and balance to congress.
The Sedition Act of 1918 was repealed in 1921. Legal experts view the Sedition Act as being antithetical to the letter and spirit of the United States Constitution, specifically the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Anti-governmental-defamation laws similar to the Sedition Act are still in place in some of the world's most repressive countries, including North Korea and Libya.
-and more recently,
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. asserted that "if there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable." Many in Congress vilified the decision of the Court. The House unanimously passed a resolution denouncing the Court; the Senate did the same with only three dissents.
Information Warfare is not new. (Score:2, Informative)
Take this RAND publication from 1996, for example:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR661/ [rand.org]
Citizens of western countries like ours should be very familiar with Information Warfare, our states have been practicing it upon us for years.
Re:Simple answer (Score:2, Informative)
A great idea, but faulted from a fundamental perspective
Via & On (Score:3, Informative)
I'm sure they intend to fight via the internet, but that appears to be just the beginning. Page six clearly says "We Must Fight the Net. DoD is building an information-centric force. Networks are increasingly the operational center of gravity, and the Department must be prepared to 'Fight the Net.'"
Re:Better Article.... (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.lp.org/article_85.shtml [lp.org]
The libertarian party is hardly "new conservatism." Rather, it's one of the more logical centrist parties out there.