I think you are getting into a murky area here. Does the Constitution dictate how the military can deal with cyberattacks, from nations or non-state-actors?
Seems to me that as commander-in-chief, the President has authority to direct the military how to respond to things like this.
Note that in the article, it says that this directive applies to how the military reacts "when combating cyber-attacks directed at major U.S. networks" - assuming that the "US networks" here is referring to government networks.
So if Congress is unwilling to do something on this front, do you expect the military and it's commander-in-chief to do nothing in the meantime?
Seems to me that as commander-in-chief, the President has authority to direct the military how to respond to things like this.
Note that in the article, it says that this directive applies to how the military reacts "when combating cyber-attacks directed at major U.S. networks" - assuming that the "US networks" here is referring to government networks.
So if Congress is unwilling to do something on this front, do you expect the military and it's commander-in-chief to do nothing in the meantime?