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Fighting a new kind of war in the cyber world

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    How is U.S. responding to the threat?

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The 21 century threat has both military and civilian officials worried tonight and they are pointing the finger of blame squarely at one country in particular.

Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge tells us who that is.

Fox News has learned that the administration is reviewing the legal framework that would allow mr.

Obama as commander in chief.

To order a preemptive strike if a major cyber plot was detected and deemed credible.

Or plow new ground and so we're looking for the boundaries quarter of the brand greasing the parameters.

By which we can execute cyber operations.

Last week the New York Times said Chinese hackers had compromised his computers stealing employee passwords.

But the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal had reported similar incidents.

On Friday Twitter said a quarter of a million accounts may have been compromised.

And cyber analysts say last month's attack on the Department of Energy only recently came to light when employees were notified that hackers had compromised servers at -- Washington headquarters the intensity of recent denial service attacks on US banks.

And the apparent ease with which nation states appear to be infiltrating heavily secured size as the US military and intelligence community on notice.

It's this is a whole new arena -- new frontier.

Where people are able to move with stealth.

Agility.

And invisibly.

I think that's what forces you to be on your toes and apprehensive and to really redouble your efforts to.

Protect yourself.

Fox News is told that a new National Intelligence Estimate.

Consider the intelligence community's most authoritative document.

Has been commissioned to focus on cyber security -- analysis of China and other perceived bad actors such as Iran and North Korea.

The State Department says the very real threat to economic and national security is consistently being raised in Beijing.

We has been cleared.

With the government of China that we need to continue to talk about this this is unfortunately a substantial and growing concern.

Asked to respond what has spokesman Jay Carney said he would not comment on classified discussions are documents the White House is thinking on preemptive action -- come out of the shadows later this week.

When White House -- here's an advisor John Brennan faces his confirmation hearing.

As CIA director.

And looking forward your coverage on that Catherine Herridge -- -- I Katherine thanks.

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