No Cyber Command Announcement

Though my colleagues in the chattering classes have pumped out megabytes of <a href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=cyber%20command&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn>copy</a> on formation of a new Defense Department cyber command over the past couple of days -- it's not happened yet.

Though my colleagues in the chattering classes have pumped out megabytes of copy on formation of a new Defense Department cyber command over the past couple of days -- it's not happened yet.

Pentagon spokesman Air Force Lt. Col. Eric Butterbaugh said Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn said in a speech at the Center for Strategic & International Studies on Monday that a command is being considered, but Butterbaugh added Defense Secretary Robert Gates has not made a formal decision on the formation of the command.

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