What that means：I＇ve got to get some really bright people in. And we＇ve got them on our Defense Innovation Board. They come out of places like Silicon Valley， and they are the top of the line. And they are an enormous help as we craft the specifics to this.
But most of all it＇s that we have got to absorb now， this is a mission， and we can＇t say， ＂We＇d just like to have our airplanes and our tanks and our ships. We don＇t want to get into that messy thing.＂
Now， where this takes us， there＇s a lot of things we have to look at. Our founding fathers， on cyber， were very， very －－ （Laughter.） －－ they obviously anticipated things. And what is it？ Remember？ Life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Think. They knew that， in protecting life， we also had to be protecting liberty.
And how do we protect life， if cyber could shut down all the power in a part of our country that would kill people in hospitals or paralyze economies that are required to keep people alive， and that sort of thing？
How do we deal with that， when that＇s not what you and I would call a military mission？ Matter of fact， we have laws that prohibit us －－ and we are proud of those laws －－ from doing certain things in this country. You don＇t see any military person arresting anybody in this country －－ not our －－ not our authority under the Constitution.
So what are we going to do in an area that was not addressed other than thematically， that we must keep our constitutional rights alive even as we protect our people？ And that＇s going to be something that I will not decide. You will all be helping us decide that， because we will need you involved in this.
I mean， what do we do？ Do we decide we＇ll put up a domain， and if somebody wants to， they can go inside it and we＇ll have a military force trying to protect that domain？ And if you put your account and your bank account in there， you get protection？ And someone who thinks that we＇re up to no good， says， ＂I＇m not getting in that＂ －－ that＇s okay －－ freedom of choice， right？
So where are we going to go with this？ I need to get some more people in to structure this thematically， so we lay out choices for you and see what our Congress decides is the right level of military involvement or what we have to offer there.
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