Uncle Sam's cyber force wants you

In the latest plan of the the United States military to garrison cyberspace, the air force has set up a Cyber Command and launched its own George W Bush-style US$30-billion pre-emptive strike that will, theoretically, provide the air force with the ability to fry any computer in the world. - William J Astore

A June 7 New York Times editorial commended Defense Secretary Robert Gates for giving the ax to his Air Force secretary and chief of staff. According to the Times editors, Michael W. Wynn and General T. Michael Moseley were dismissed for "systemic problems in securing nuclear weapons and components, a primary Air Force responsibility." The Times called the move "absolutely necessary" and applauded Mr. Gates for "raising the bar at the Pentagon."

Gates had good reasons to fire his air service's top guns, but they went beyond the issues the Times discussed, and he may have raised the bar, but he hasn't raised it high enough yet.

His Air Force is an unmitigated cluster bomb.