The White House is yet again at odds with the Senate over a provision in the annual defense authorization bill laying out a policy for offensive cyber operations, after the same language was stripped out of last year's legislation during conference negotiations. While the executive branch supports a provision in the Senate's fiscal year 2019 bill recognizing clandestine military operations in cyberspace as “traditional military activities,” the White House "strongly objects" to a provision relating to offensive cyber capabilities and...
