May 7, 2010 11:43AM 

# Schmidt: “There Is No Cyberwar” 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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“I think that is a terrible metaphor and I think that is a terrible concept,” said Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar for the Obama administration.

[](http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/schmidt-cyberwar/#ixzz0nGBBdJNZ)Read it [at *Wired*](http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/schmidt-cyberwar/).

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[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy) 

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