Determining ''rules of engagement'' for IW will require a national consensus, not a think-tank study. The time to develop that consensus and the strategy that goes with it is now. The U.S. government should do its part by putting its best talent on this problem and spending more to assure that information systems are adequately protected. Now, civilian leadership of the Pentagon and members of Congress must awake to the importance of these technologies, too, and provide adequate funding. The Bush Administration has said it will focus on future threat and the next generation of defense systems.
Information warfare is an obvious arena in which to deliver on that promise.
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