Combatant status and computer network attack

Abstract

Introduction 392 I. State Capacity for Computer Network Attacks 397 A. Anatomy of a Computer Network Attack 399 1. CNA Intelligence Operations 399 2. CNA Acquisition and Weapon Design 401 3. CNA Execution 403 B. State Computer Network Attack Capabilites and Staffing 405 C. United States’ Government Organization for Computer Network Attack 407 II. The Geneva Tradition and Combatant Immunity 411 A. The “Current” Legal Framework 412 1. Civilian Status 414 2. Combatant Status 415 3. Legal Implications of Status 420 B. Existing Legal Assessments and Scholarship 424 C. Implications for Existing Computer Network Attack Organization 427 III. Departing from the Geneva Combatant Status Regime 430 A. Interpretive Considerations 431