Michael Schmitt and the 1999 Blueprint for Digital War
A military academy legal framework sought to redefine the 'use of force' to allow Washington to strike foreign networks without triggering a formal state of war.
By Harlan Pryce ·
International Law
Defense lawyers sought legal path to launch information attacks without declaring war
Sovereignty was treated as a hurdle to be bypassed in a 1999 effort to sanitize digital intrusions, leaving the exact laws the military decided to ignore still blacked out.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Pentagon officials weighed illegal force in 1999 network attacks
National sovereignty was at risk as the Department of Defense debated whether proactive counter-intrusions during peacetime constituted an illegal escalation of force.
By Miriam Adler ·