Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks

[Antares]

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 orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks | World news | guardian.co.uk

Go get'em O....wait...who the fuck leaked this?

 

[TemplarKormac]

The Guardian is a liberally biased British newspaper, what were you expecting?

 

[Antares]

The Guardian is a liberally biased British newspaper, what were you expecting?

I know it is, I wanna know when Holder is going to go after this leaking bastard.

 

[Decus]

Wow. Wasn't Obama worried about America's image abroad? Cyber bully - kind of has a nice ring to it.

 

[TemplarKormac]

The Guardian is a liberally biased British newspaper, what were you expecting?

I know it is, I wanna know when Holder is going to go after this leaking bastard.

Holder doesn't have the balls to investigate the IRS, much less whoever leaked this. Hell he'd rather go after the press if you want to know the truth.

 

[Antares]

I actually congratulate him if he did this.

China has been slamming us for years.

 

[Glensather]

About time we struck back against the Chinese.
...wait, it feels weird agreeing with something Obama is doing for once.

 

[Antares]

Yes it does.