OBSERVATION REPORT 1 U SUBMI'ITED BY MajGen Byron USMC DSN 227- 1887 OFFICE VDJ-5 COMMERCIAL 703 697-1887 2 U EXERCISE ELIGIBLE RECEIVER 97-1 3 TASKS 4 U TITLE Threshold and Decision Process for Determining Necessity and Extent of Military Involvement 5 U OBSERVATION It is not easy to judge the threshold between a criminal act terrorist hacker etc or a series of criminal acts and a concerted attack on the security of the United States This is important in deciding whether jurisdiction belongs to law enforcement agencies or the DoD 6 b 5 7 l b S 8 b 5 9 U COMMENTS The Administration will need to work with Congress to get support and avoid impressions of violation of rules of posse comitatus 880RB'I' OBSERVATION REPORT 1 U SUBMITTED BY MajGen Byron USMC DSN 227-1887 COMMERCIAL 703 697-1887 2 U EXERCISE ELIGIBLE RECEIVER 97-1 3 TASKS 4 U TITLE Tactical vs Strategic Focus 5 OFFICE VDJ-5 b 5 6 7 8 9 880RM OBSERVATION REPORT 1 U SUBMITIED BY MajGen Byron USMC DSN 227- 1887 OFFICE VDJ-5 COMMERCIAL 703 697-1887 2 U EXERCISE ELIGIBLE RECEIVER 97-1 3 TASKS 4 U TITLE Threshold and Decision Process for Determining Necessity and Extent of Military Involvement 5 U OBSERVATION It is not easy to judge the threshold between a criminal act terrorist hacker etc or a series of criminal acts and a concerted attack on the security of the United States This is important in deciding whether jurisdiction belongs to law enforcement agencies or the DoD 6 b 5 7 8 9 U COMMENTS The Administration will need to work with Congress to get support and avoid impressions of violation of rules of posse comitatus 888RIS'F OBSERVATION REPORT 1 U SUBMITTED BY MajGen Byron DSN 227-1887 OFFICE VDJ-5 COMMERCIAL 703 697-1887 2 U EXERCISE ELIGIBLE RECEIVER 97-1 3 TASKS 4 U TITLE J-5 Exercise Involvement 5 U OBSERVATION Opportunities for J-5 policy coordination both within the Joint Staff CAT J-3 planning execution cells update briefings and outside the Joint Staff OSD CSGs NSC interagency meetings did not exist thus the exercise did not benefit from J-5 policy inputs 6 U DISCUSSION This exercise was tailored to allow J -2 to gather intelligence and J-3 J-6 to determine tactical responses to cyberwar There was no explicit role for J-5 The Major Scenario Event List MSEL did not require J-5 actions Because of this focus even an attempt by J-5 to explain policy implications of a larger-picture strategic attack by an outside nation or group of nations was dismissed as irrelevant to the exercise As a consequence only 4 officers from J-5 were extensively involved in the exercise and only 4 others had any involvement at a ll 7 U LESSON LEARNED J -5 involvement must be planned into each exercise and J-5 inputs must be considered by senior Joint Staff and DoD leaders during the exercise 8 U RECOMMENDED ACTION Incorporate J-5 officers into the established war planning organizational structure such as a functional CAT team the J-3 planning cells CSGs and interagency groups OSD policy meetings and SecDef daily updates Include J -5 MSELs into the exercise such as DCs and PCs crucial policy decisions that must be coordinated with the interagency and policy briefings to the J-3 9 U COMMENTS J-5 involvement should include adding members to current war p lanning teams and will require interagency acceptance of the J-5 role 888RB t' OBSERVATION REPORT 1 U SUBMITTED BY MajGen Byron DSN 227- 1887 OFFICE VDJ-5 COMMERCIAL 703 697-1887 2 U EXERCISE ELIGIBLE RECEIVER 97-1 3 TASKS 4 TITLE 5 OBSERVATION 6 DISCUSSION 7 LESSON LEARNED 8 RECOMMENDED ACTION 9 COMMENTS OBSERVATION REPORT 1 U SUBMITIED BY DSN 224-9405 OFFI CE J -5 COMMERCIAL 703 6 16-9405 2 U EXERCISE ELIGIBLE RECEIVER 97- 1 3 TASKS 4 TITLE 5 OBSERVATION 6 DISCUSSION 7 LESSON LEARNED 8 RECOMMENDED ACTION 9 COMMENTS S8GR 8'1' LAST FORM OBSERVATION REPORT 1 U SUBMITTED BY DSN 224-9405 OFFICE J-5 COMMERCIAL 703 616-9405 2 U EXERCISE ELIGIBLE RECEIVER 97- 1 3 TASKS 4 TITLE 5 OBSERVATION 6 DISCUSSION 7 LESSON LEARNED 8 RECOMMENDED ACTION 9 COMMENTS eeeR 'f This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu