Barack Obama has ordered his senior national security and intelligence officials to draw up a list of potential overseas targets for US cyber-attacks, a top secret presidential directive obtained by the Guardian reveals.
The 18-page Presidential Policy Directive 20, issued in October last year but never published, states that what it calls Offensive Cyber Effects Operations (OCEO) "can offer unique and unconventional capabilities to advance US national objectives around the world with little or no warning to the adversary or target and with potential effects ranging from subtle to severely damaging"....
Obama's move to establish a potentially aggressive cyber warfare doctrine will heighten fears over the increasing militarization of the internet.
And don't think he wouldn't do that here. He's already targeting American citizens, treating us as the enemy. If he sees what he doesn't like, why not disable them electronically? How about electronic voting? How about in the medical field? Our military? Or hey, how about the media? Oh yes, they are already being targeted by the DOJ. So why not cyber-attack Obama's nemesis: truth-telling media outlets or at least those who don't play as his puppets?
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