Venezuelan consul in Miami ordered to leave U.S. for discussing cyber-attacks

MIAMIHERALD ^ | Jan 09,2012 | swampsniper

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In a move likely to further strain relations between the United States and Venezuela, the State Department on Sunday said that it had ordered a Venezuelan diplomat based in Miami to leave the country.

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WHEN we build the LX Pipeline we can cut Hugo’s lifeline!

[texas booster]

The report, broadcast on Univision, a Spanish-language network, included fragments of what it said were taped conversations with Acosta.

In the tape, the alleged hacker says that he provided the secret codes and the location of each of the U.S. nuclear plants to Iran, and a voice many have attributed to Acosta is heard to say: “You should also give me that […] to send it to the president, or rather the chief of defense; the chief of presidential security is my friend.”

The tape was made when Acosta worked as cultural attaché at the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico. Documents obtained by El Nuevo Herald indicate that Acosta actually performed other functions there as well.

Mexican hackers being recruited by Venezuela and Iran for threats against our nuclear plants? Sounds like war drums to me.

Thank G_D that Univision got this information, rather than the NY Times. We would have never heard about it if it had gone to NY.