Why is the US Military spending millions...

[Black Aeronaut]

You make it sound like the potential abuse isn't the reason. They're doing it for the same reason that China is doing it.

Oh good grief.  The US Government needs to quit blowing DoD Dollars on smoke-and-mirrors and spending it on keeping our armed forces running smoothly.  If we really want cyber warfare so badly, then we need to work with hacktivists and talk them into crippling China's cyberwarfare capabilities.  Because while I'm sure that many people are in favor of socialism, I'm pretty sure they don't want anything to do with the vision of Chinese Communists.