"Hence articles like the one that Col. Charles W. Williamson III recently published in the Armed Services Journal (via Slashdot), wherein he tries to make the public case for a military botnet as a prelude to actually building such a beast and placing it under the Air Force's control. Williamson's article fleshes out a number of things that have been hinted at so far in the ongoing public relations offensive that has followed the official unveiling of the new Air Force Cyber Command (AFCYBER)."
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