NSA Refuses to release secret Obama Directive-Cybersecurity

[Steadfast]

NSA Refuses to release secret Obama Directive on Cybersecurity

Order may allow military takeover of internet

Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Nov 21, 2012

The National Security Agency has refused to release details of a secret presidential directive which experts believe could allow the military and intelligence agencies to operate on the networks of private companies, such as Google and Facebook.
As we reported last week, an article in the Washington Post, cited several US officials saying that Obama signed off on the secret cybersecurity order, believed to widely expand NSA’s spying authorities, in mid-October.
“The new directive is the most extensive White House effort to date to wrestle with what constitutes an “offensive” and a “defensive” action in the rapidly evolving world of cyberwar and cyberterrorism.” the report states.

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[rangertough]

That's damn funny. A "Military takeover of the internet". How? The Army can barely keep connectivity much less defend itself or attack anyone else in the "cyberworld".

Unless they get Anonymous or some organization like that to assist (not a chance) the "takeover"will be short, painful and a failure.

The Military is an organization that really is excellent at a lot of things (more than most organizations), good at many more but cyber anything the Military just blows.

Good article but it's half a bubble off plumb thinking the Military would be the spearhead.

Tough

[Jim]

That's damn funny. A "Military takeover of the internet". How? The Army can barely keep connectivity much less defend itself or attack anyone else in the "cyberworld".

Unless they get Anonymous or some organization like that to assist (not a chance) the "takeover"will be short, painful and a failure.

The Military is an organization that really is excellent at a lot of things (more than most organizations), good at many more but cyber anything the Military just blows.

Good article but it's half a bubble off plumb thinking the Military would be the spearhead.

Tough

Concure.

[RangerX]

Just remember what the "D" in DARPA stands for. Also, it wouldn't actually take much at all for the Feds to "cut off" the US portion of the internet from the rest of the world...

For what it's worth, we are in the middle of another cold war, being fought in cyber space. It is centered on financial, corporate & infrastructure systems, and it is happening real time.

An example:
The company I work for makes infrastructure software used in all areas of IT these days. Our corporate network has been under constant barrage for the last 9 months. I get weekly emails detailing the latest steps to "secure" our infrastructure, all of which are not much more than security theatre. While difficult to trace, much of the traffic is being attributed to countries that the USA openly does business with.