Obama personally approved use of Stuxnet computer virus against Iran

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• then Back in June 2010, a super-sophisticated computer virus attack was waged on the Iranian nuclear program. Named “Stuxnet,” the virus disrupted and temporarily shut down about 1,000 of the nation’s 5,000 uranium centrifuges.
• nowThe decision to push ahead with Stuxnet, which the U.S. and Israel teamed on, came directly from President Obama — he accelerated the attack, part of a U.S. effort to halt Iran’s nuclear program code-named “Olympic Games.” source

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