New US Cyber Command Wants It All

[unhappycamper]

unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.

To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.

(This space reserved for a legally correct snark dump.) It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.

unhappycamper summary of this article: The new Cyber Command has launched a propaganda war telling Congress that they need to 'operate more freely on the Internet'. WTF is that about?

NSA reads my emails, phone calls and internets clicks. Why do I need another military organization snooping around my internets?






Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, testifies on Capitol Hill on Sept. 23.


Cyber Command chief to seek expanded powers
By Grant Slater - Medill News Service
Posted : Thursday Sep 23, 2010 16:33:29 EDT

In his first Capitol Hill appearance since the U.S. Cyber Comand began operating last month, the head of the command told House lawmakers Thursday that he planned to ask Congress for permission to operate more freely on the Internet.

[NightWatcher]

1. how long till an "attack" that proves CyCo's point (for them)?

[johnroshan]

2. Not very long.. Take a look.

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x259355

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. Keith B. Alexander headed up the NSA. before he took his new position

the NSA can and will do more on your "internets." Your popularity at DU may even appear to decline but don't worry it's often a smoke and mirrors gimmick. They were un-recommending my OPs long before DU added the feature.