

  (Source: Reuters)


I. A New War



Gibson Neuromancer



II. Not a Gentleman's War



Congress Buillding wide
[Image Source: U.S. Congress]








The New York Times







China hackers
[Image Source: Asia Society]



V. Who's Lying? The U.S. or China?




Clearly, someone is lying.


VI. U.S. Security Witnesses a Rape



DOD Hacker



VII. Constitution Demands Self-Defense





U.S. Constitution
[Image Source: EL Civics]



To provide and maintain a navy;





But the blame rests partially on the American people and media.




Sources: The NYT, AFP on Google News

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Let the battle begin
By mike66 on 1/31/2013 7:39:53 PM , Rating: 5
If you told hackers in the USA that they will not be prosecuted for hacking Chinese servers but arrested for hacking allies then you would find that the west would do better in this so called war. Real top notch hackers do what they do for reasons other than money. Are we learning yet?

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By inperfectdarkness on 2/1/2013 1:22:29 AM , Rating: 2
I'm inclined to agree. Making a group like anonymous an ally would greatly benefit the US government. Furthermore, civilian hackers give rise to plausible deniability--somewhat similar to how China denies any wrongdoing. I would desire for DOD cyberwarfare specialists to be the "cyber-ninjas" of the digital age; whose presence is undetected--or even falsely implicates another enemy (Iran) as the culprit.

Welcoming civilian hackers into the fold would allow for a broader-breadth of focus than what could be afforded by requiring all hackers to be primarily employed by the government. Better yet, if you make the outcome incentive based ("$$$" for information siphoned from "xxx" system), then we can directly tie monies spent to a desirable outcome. Treason is still in effect though, so hackers who want to play both sides would be risking a LOT (amnesty in China, anyone?)

There's some types of combat that require specialized fighting skills that are best taught and maintained by a cadre of military skill & tradition (fighter jets, tank combat, CSAR, etc). Cybercombat isn't like that; you can become an expert just by studying the right places on the internet for long enough. I say it's high time we make use of the USA's "cyber-militia".

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Agreed, any information we found would be our own :/


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By Ammohunt on 2/1/13, Rating: -1
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By Argon18 on 2/1/2013 11:31:03 AM , Rating: 2
Well said. They are vigilantes who answer to no one, and are loyal to no one. You can't channel that sort of deviant anarchist attitude into anything positive. The best thing that could happen to anonymous, is they all end up spending 20 to life in federal ass-rape prison.

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That's subjective

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By Jeffk464 on 2/1/2013 5:56:21 PM , Rating: 3
We don't have a backbone when it comes to any issue with China, why start now? Bill Clinton pretty much summed it up, we are totally dependent on borrowed money from china. They hold all the cards.

RE: Let the battle begin
By lyeoh on 2/4/2013 6:48:57 AM , Rating: 1

That's an ignorant and clueless remark. 26% of the Gov debts is owed to China, AND the USA owes China trillions in US DOLLARS, not renminbi, not gold, not euros. Think about it - the US Gov can create as much US dollars as it wants. Most oil and other goods are still traded in US dollars. So guess who holds all the cards in this game?

If you think they can't create trillions you should pay more attention to the real world. The US Federal Reserve has created trillions of US dollars in loans before (2008 etc). Loaning money from "thin air" is practically the same as creating money. Go check where those loaned trillions came from- the trillions didn't exist before. For bonus points go check where the trillions went to - clue a fair bit of it went to foreign banks. Strange that they'd devalue your money to bail out foreigners.

But hey go on, keep being scared of the evil Chinese, they are your #1 enemy, your US Gov will keep you safe... And it should start a cyberwar with China. blahblahblah.

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By chripuck on 2/4/2013 11:13:17 AM , Rating: 2
It's actually even more ridiculous, China owns ~9.9% of our total debt. The 26% number is the percentage of foreign debt that is owned by China. Foreign debt only makes up ~48% of our total debt. Additionally, Japan owns as much as China does and nobody seems to care about that.

China is far from "owning" us.

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By Skywalker123 on 2/4/2013 7:20:38 PM , Rating: 2
You are the one totally ignorant and clueless. If the USA creates trillions more dollars to pay off the debts the dollar will become even more worthless than it already is.

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