Air Force must subject cyber weapons to legal review

The Air Force must subject cyber capabilities to legal review for compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict and other international and domestic laws, says an order from the secretary of the Air Force, signed by the judge advocate general, Richard Harding. The instruction says the Air Force judge advocate general must ensure that all cyber capabilities "being developed, bought, built, modified or otherwise acquired by the Air Force" must undergo legal review--except for cyber capabilities within a Special Access Program, which must undergo review by the Air Force general counsel.