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Keith B. Alexander: “[i]f the President determines a cyber event does meet the threshold of a use of force/armed attack, he may determine…”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
[i]f the President determines a cyber event does meet the threshold of a use of force/armed attack, he may determine that the activity is of such scope, duration, or intensity that it warrants exercising our right to self-defense and/or the initiation of hostilities as an appropriate response.
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Keith B. Alexander

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Keith Alexander outlined presidential authority in response to cyber events.

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