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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Pentagon plays Congress for suckers with nearly $5B
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Thu Apr 11 19:19:19 2013
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Pentagon plays Congress for suckers with nearly $5B demand for cyberwar
"DOD requests $4.7 billion to help fund offensive cyber teams"
http://j.mp/16WXLOs (Foreign Policy)
Despite a climate of what defense officials love to describe as
"fiscal uncertainty," the Pentagon's 2014 budget request includes $4.7
billion for increased "cyberspace operations," including dozens of
cyber attack teams, the Defense Department announced today. (Last
year's budget provided $3.9 billion for cyber according to DOD
Comptroller Robert Hale.) This money will be used to "increase
defensive capabilities and develop the cyber Joint Force," according
to the budget proposal.
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"Golly, if we make up enough scary cyber stories for the politicians
who don't know the difference between an A.C. plug and a USB plug, we
can get as much money as we want! Man, the 'cyberscare-industrial
complex' jobs we'll get after we leave the service will set up our
families for generations. Gawd, have to love those suckers in
Congress!"
--Lauren--
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