FORWARD!
Posted on 03/10/2013 7:04:49 PM PDT by jazusamo
President Obama two years ago rejected a series of tough actions against China, including counter-cyber attacks and economic sanctions, for Beijing’s aggressive campaign of cyber espionage against the U.S. government and private businesses networks, according to administration officials.
Meanwhile, China recently issued a veiled threat to the United States about U.S. accusations of Chinese military cyber espionage. China told U.S. officials that continued U.S. public accusations of cyber espionage would render future bilateral discussions unproductive during recent U.S.-China talks following the release of a security firm’s report linking the Chinese military to cyber spying.
On plans to deter Chinese cyber attacks, senior administration officials turned down a series of tough options designed to dissuade China from further attacks that were developed over a three-month period beginning in August 2011.
According to administration officials familiar with internal discussions, the options were dismissed as too disruptive of U.S.-China relations.
The president’s closest advisers feared that taking action would potentially undermine U.S. relations with China, a major economic trading partner that currently has holdings of $1.2 trillion in Treasury debt, the officials told the Free Beacon.
Government security and military officials under the White House Interagency Policy Committee, a working group directly supporting the National Security Council, developed the options.
The committee is made up of representatives from the Pentagon, intelligence community, law enforcement, homeland security, and foreign affairs agencies.
Caitlin Hayden, a White House National Security Council spokesperson, declined to comment. “I am not going to discuss internal deliberations, but we have been clear that we have substantial and growing concerns about the threats to U.S. economic and national security posed by cyber intrusions, including the theft of commercial information,” she said in a statement.
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Well, of course. He is a communist, so it is no wonder he favors the communists.
The next time will not be a test.
We are sooooo screwed.
I knew we were, but with every passing day it becomes more and more of a reality.
What is important is we have allowed China to take charge of American imports.
This is a terrible, terrible thing.
We have handed American foreign policy over to companies who sell us things.
WTH is wrong with us? Bring back US jobs now.
Worse, they control our debt, almost every dollar of debt is borrowed from the CHICOMS!
No, they don't.
MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
Their holdings were actually quite steady for the last year (they've been buying gold instead).
FORWARD!
bfl
http://sicherheitstacho.eu/?lang=en
Thanks for the heads up, have bookmarked it.
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