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Stuxnet

Yet another reason to keep the lawyers out of cyberwar

One reason to believe the Stuxnet attack was made in the USA, Clarke says, “was that it very much had the feel to it of having been written by or governed by a team of Washington lawyers.”

“What makes you say that?” I asked.

“Well, first of all, I’ve sat through a lot of meetings with Washington [government/Pentagon/CIA/NSA-type] lawyers going over covert action proposals. And I know what lawyers do.

This comes from Stewart Baker's Blog Skating on Stilts. It is also covered at Lawfare: http://www.lawfareblog.com/2012/03/richard-clarke-says-stuxnet-was-a-u-s-operation/

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Stuxnet

Yet another reason to keep the lawyers out of cyberwar

One reason to believe the Stuxnet attack was made in the USA, Clarke says, “was that it very much had the feel to it of having been written by or governed by a team of Washington lawyers.”

“What makes you say that?” I asked.

“Well, first of all, I’ve sat through a lot of meetings with Washington [government/Pentagon/CIA/NSA-type] lawyers going over covert action proposals. And I know what lawyers do.

This comes from Stewart Baker's Blog Skating on Stilts. It is also covered at Lawfare: http://www.lawfareblog.com/2012/03/richard-clarke-says-stuxnet-was-a-u-s-operation/

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