TY - BOOK AU - Owens, William A. AU - Dam, Kenneth W. AU - Lin, Herbert S. ED - Committee on Offensive Information Warfare ED - National Research Council, NRC. TI - Technology, policy, law, and ethics regarding U.S. acquisition and use of cyberattack capabilities PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, DC PB - NAP KW - terrorism KW - IW KW - ethics KW - USA KW - intelligence KW - cyberattack N1 - SIP1422; Focusing on the use of cyberattack as an instrument of U.S. national policy, Technology, Policy, Law and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities explores important characteristics of cyberattack. It describes the current international and domestic legal structure as it might apply to cyberattack, and considers analogies to other domains of conflict to develop relevant insights. Of special interest to the military, intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security communities, this report is also an essential point of departure for nongovernmental researchers interested in this rarely discussed topic UR - http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12651 ER -