A Pentagon Cyber-Command Is in the Works

[SpartanDem]

Source: WaPo

The Obama administration is finalizing plans for a new Pentagon command to coordinate the security of military computer networks and to develop new offensive cyber-weapons, sources said last night.

Planning for the reorganization of Defense Department and intelligence agencies is underway, and a decision is imminent, according to a person familiar with the White House plans.

The new command would affect U.S. Strategic Command, whose mission includes ensuring U.S. "freedom of action" in space and cyberspace, and the National Security Agency, which shares Pentagon cybersecurity responsibilities with the Defense Information Systems Agency.

The Pentagon plans do not involve the Department of Homeland Security, which has responsibility for securing the government's non-military computer domain.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042200029.html

[destes]

1. Running along contrary to the will of a free people

The idea that a parallel system, one for the defense department and another for the department of homeland security(I suppose that term is, unfortunately, with us for the foreseeable future)is wrong headed. It is dangerous to leave the future of our common security to elements that may have radically divergent goals(neither of which may benefit the electorate). History again, eh?

Come on people. They got the budget. Make them play by the rules NOW, while we might be able to still make them listen.