The spy program is a sophisticated rootkit designed to steal data from SCADA networks, the type of software that control energy utilities, transportation, and other vital systems.

FORBES: Stuxnet Spyware Still Mostly Infecting Middle East

John Brennan, the White House counterterrorism chief and Obama's nominee to run the nation's spy agency, helped manage the drone program.

NPR: Lawmakers To Get Drone Report Before CIA Hearing

Officials are looking to see whether the revelations about covert U.S. efforts to spy on and sabotage Iran's nuclear program will create new hurdles for upcoming negotiations this month on Iran's nuclear program.

WSJ: U.S. Team Behind Computer Worm That Hit Iran

In May, Michael Haephrati, a computer consultant, was detained in London and is now awaiting an extradition hearing for allegedly selling a rogue program to Israeli private investigators who used it to spy on their clients' competitors.

FORBES: Chinese Take Out

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed addressing European complaints about our Echelon electronic intelligence program, Woolsey said that the U.S. was not using Echelon to spy on European companies to steal their trade secrets.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: DoD in Catch-22 when dealing with EADS

Meanwhile, within the classified portion of the defense budget, the administration is proposing funding cuts to a program known as EnhancedView, a pioneering project to buy commercial images to complement the work of highly classified spy satellites.

WSJ: U.S. to Trim Commercial-Satellite Use