Offensive Cyber Tools to Get Legal Review, Air Force Says

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

https://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/08/af_cyber.html

By Steven Aftergood
Secrecy News
August 10th, 2011

Even the most highly classified offensive cyberwar capabilities that are 
acquired by the Air Force for use against enemy computer systems will be 
subject to “a thorough and accurate legal review,” the U.S. Air Force 
said in a new policy directive (pdf).

The directive assigns the Judge Advocate General to “ensure all cyber 
capabilities being developed, bought, built, modified or otherwise 
acquired by the Air Force that are not within a Special Access Program 
are reviewed for legality under LOAC [Law of Armed Conflict], domestic 
law and international law prior to their acquisition for use in a 
conflict or other military operation.”

In the case of cyber weapons developed in tightly secured Special Access 
Programs, the review is to be performed by the Air Force General 
Counsel, the directive said.  See “Legal Reviews of Weapons and Cyber 
Capabilities,” Air Force Instruction 51-402, 27 July 2011.

The Air Force directive is somewhat more candid than most other official 
publications on the subject of offensive cyber warfare.

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