Defense bill would allow clandestine cyberwarfare operations http://federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=2376861

Within the chairman's mark of the 2012 Defense Authorization bill is language that would allow DoD to carry out clandestine operations in cyberspace against targets located outside the United States and to defend against all attacks on DoD assets. Released Monday, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, (R-Calif.) helps to define the Rules of Engagement in cyberspace for the Defense Department... Within the bill, there are more than a dozen items slated for funding labeled "cyber".