"threshold of an armed attack" --- Such terms like "threshold" simply encourages more ambiguity and subjectivity to the debate; what and who determines a "threshold" of an armed attack in cyberspace? Threshold may be taken or seen as a provocation to incite or trigger an attack or it may well be the covert laying of botnets without being detected and lie in wait for months or years collecting intelligence until the "adversary" is ready to "attack".

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm