“[I]n July 2002, President Bush signed a top-secret order directing the national security community, including the NSA [National Security Agency], to develop, for the first time, rules and policies governing how the United States would launch cyberattacks against foreign computer networks. Known as National Security Presidential Directive 16, the order allows the president to launch a secret preemptive cyberwar against any number of foreign countries, from China to Pakistan.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– James Bamford, The Shadow Factory, Page 334