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Last week, while discussing new priorities for the Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the Washington Post that “serious moves to transform the military to meet such emerging threats as computer warfare, terrorism and missile proliferation will not produce new war-fighting capabilities for a number of years.” Although paraphrased, it sounds to me like Secretary Rumsfeld just told our enemies that we're years away from defending ourselves against cyberterrorism. Oops. Now is not the time to admit weakness in this area, Mr. Secretary. Full Story