Re: DHS and NSA getting married?

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, George Bonser <gbonser () seven com> wrote:
> > From: christopher.morrow () gmail com
> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:05 AM
> > To: George Bonser
> > Cc: NANOG
> > Subject: Re: DHS and NSA getting married?
> >
> > are any of the civilian agencies really prepared/capable of dealing
> > with 'cyber attack'? it seems fairly natural that a 'cyber attack' (on
> > the gov't, or it's pieces/parts) is equivalent to an 'attack' on same.
> > We don't arm the NIST folks with Ar-15's and send them over the hill,
> > we do that with marines.
> >
> > -chris
>
> "cyber attack" wasn't what caught my eye.  It was the notion of NSA
> having a domestic role defined in policy that I thought was different
> here.

not all packets have source addresses in the US, not all facilities in
the US Gov't cares about are in the Us.