US plans to 'fight the net' revealed

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BBC News     27 January 2006 

US plans to 'fight the net' revealed 

By Adam Brookes 
BBC Pentagon correspondent 

A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US
military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological
operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks. 

The document says information is "critical to military success".

Bloggers beware. 

As the world turns networked, the Pentagon is calculating the military
opportunities that computer networks, wireless technologies and the modern
media offer. 

>From influencing public opinion through new media to designing "computer
network attack" weapons, the US military is learning to fight an electronic
war. 

The declassified document is called "Information Operations Roadmap". It was
obtained by the National Security Archive at George Washington University
using the Freedom of Information Act. 

Officials in the Pentagon wrote it in 2003. The Secretary of Defense, Donald