It’s not often that the military calls on Congress for guidance in conducting a war, but that’s what the nominee to head the Pentagon’s command for cyberwarfare did on the eve of a hearing on his appointment. In a 32-page response to questions posed to him prior to the hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander reportedly wrote that changes in cyberwarfare were happening so swiftly that there was a “mismatch between our technical capabilities to conduct operations and the governing laws and policies.”
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NSA Chief: Cyberwar Rules of Engagement a Policy Minefield
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. April 15, 2010 10:16 AMIt’s not often that the military calls on Congress for guidance in conducting a war, but that’s what the nominee to head the Pentagon’s command for cyberwarfare did on the eve of a hearing on his appointment. In a 32-page response to questions posed to him prior to the hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander reportedly wrote that changes in cyberwarfare were happening so swiftly that there was a “mismatch between our technical capabilities to conduct operations and the governing laws and policies.”