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From: Jim Warren <jwarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 10, 2005 1:48:11 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Jean Armour Polly <mom@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] Air Force Guards Cyberspace

Well ... I guess that's just one more Bush-administration violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, that prohibited using the military to conduct civilian law-enforcement functions. At what point should we begin to consider ourselves a (so to speak) "military police" state? ;-)

Aside from that however -- since when did the Air Force have expertise beyond what the FBI has and/or could develop, to "fight" the "war" in cyberspace, as our CIVILIAN federal law-enforcement agency?! (Note: The military does, however, operate under a much broader cloak of secrecy!)

--jim


From: Jean Armour Polly <mom@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 10, 2005 10:33:07 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Air Force Guards Cyberspace

Dave- we can all feel more secure now. The Air Force has added to its mission statement: "The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests--to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace."
Actual statement and more here:
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123013440
Article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20051209/tc_pcworld/123881


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