Thisweekthe Pentagonsaid thatcomputersabotagecoming fromanothercountrycanconstitute an act of war, to which it mayrespondusingtraditionalmilitaryforce.
Senator Jay Rockefeller, the top Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, seems to think it's just spiffy if his staffers sabotage the war on terrorism.
McClellan attempted to sabotage Lincoln's war policy in 1862 has the leadership of the U.S. military so blatantly attempted to undermine a president in the pursuit of his constitutional authority.
But Mr Obama, who insists that he will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, appears to be trying every means short of war (including, some say, sabotage, cyberwar and the assassination of scientists) to stop it.