The overarching question imparting urgency to this exploration is: Can U.S.-Russian contention in cyberspace cause the two nuclear superpowers to stumble into war? In considering this question we were constantly reminded of recent comments by a prominent U.S. arms control expert: At least as dangerous as the risk of an actual cyberattack, he observed, is cyber operations’ “blurring of the line between peace and war.” Or, as Nye wrote, “in the cyber realm, the difference between a weapon and a non-weapon may come down to a single line of code, or simply the intent of a computer program’s user.”
Biography
Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Jones is an Army Reserve Judge Advocate General who recently worked as an Operational Law Planner, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Norfolk, Virginia. Previously, Jeff served as a Prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions as well as a Soldier's Counsel at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. As a civilian, Jeff has served as a Prosecutor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a Legal Advisor for ICE's National Security Law Division, and an Attorney Advisor for the U.S. Department of Justice in its National Security Division. He deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, where he was an interrogator. Jeff Jones is also a graduate of the Defense Language Institute’s Arabic language course. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Maryland at College Park and a juris doctorate from the University of Maryland. Research interests include an analysis of the Department of Defense's response options to cyber intrusions and an examination of possible amendments to the Posse Comitatus Act.
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