US hackers take cyber war to al-Qaeda sites

Am I the only one who is a bit alarmed? Not with the fact that the United States government hacked al-Qaeda web sites, but the fact that it was the State Department who did it.

This news was released during a press conference by none other than our Secretary of State; the person who we will be turning to to perhaps conduct peace negations if the opportunity arises.

 

Even if the US is going to take on the tactics of hacking enemy web sites to sway public opinion or to perform some kind of counter intelligence this function it should be done by members of the US military, perhaps the Signal Corps who employ a special operations section just for this purpose. (as was the case here)

Never should our State Department engage in activities other than those with peaceful intentions.

I understand and support actions against those who wish to put my head on a stick, but there needs to be some kind of separation between conducting war and obtaining peace.

US hackers take cyber war to al-Qaeda sites