What If China Hacks the NSA's Massive Data Trove?

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2. Fair do's

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for the sake of consistency.

Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks.

The 18-page Presidential Policy Directive 20, issued in October last year but never published, states that what it calls Offensive Cyber Effects Operations (OCEO) "can offer unique and unconventional capabilities to advance US national objectives around the world with little or no warning to the adversary or target and with potential effects ranging from subtle to severely damaging".

It says the government will "identify potential targets of national importance where OCEO can offer a favorable balance of effectiveness and risk as compared with other instruments of national power".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/obama-china-targets-cyber-overseas

If anyone thinks such actions can be taken without retaliation then dream on.