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Sean Spicer's morph, from 'who knows for sure, nobody does', to 'they were wrong on the wmds', to 'they did nothing when the
Chinese hacked' all goes to say he is as evolutionary erratic as Trump is .. Karl looks to have sympathy with Spicer's latest

‘Why Did They Do Nothing?’: Jonathan Karl Grills Democratic Rep on Obama Response to Chinese Hack

by Justin Baragona | 10:46 am, January 1st, 2017

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While interviewing Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on today’s broadcast of ABC’s This Week, host Jonathan Karl pressed the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on President Barack Obama’s lack of a response to China hacking federal employees.

Referencing comments by incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Karl wondered if he had a point on the level of response by Obama when it came to issuing sanctions against Russia over allegations of hacking the election compared to inaction over China.

“But doesn’t the incoming Trump press secretary have a point here on the response by the Obama Administration,” Karl asked. “We did have that hack by the Chinese — the OPM attack — this was 22 million federal employees affected.”

The ABC host continued, “The Obama Administration did nothing that we know of publicly. Why did they do nothing about that huge hack done by China and this — just on the way out the door — make this big statement about the Russia hack.”

Schiff went on to explain to Karl that the major difference in the two actions was that China stole date for intelligence gathering. While a serious issue, it wasn’t as dangerous as what Russia did because the Russian went and weaponized their stolen date.

Recently, Obama imposed sanctions on Russia over the intelligence community’s conclusions that the country used hacking to interfere in the election. Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has continued to express skepticism about the assessments, stating last night that he knows things others don’t while casting doubt that the Russians were involved.

Watch the interview above, via ABC News.

[image via screengrab]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/why-did-they-do-nothing-jonathan-karl-grills-democratic-rep-on-obama-response-to-chinese-hack/

of course, the Obama administration has taken action against Chinese hacking, too.

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5 in China Army Face U.S. Charges of Cyberattacks

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and DAVID E. SANGERMAY 19, 2014
Continue reading the main story

Video - Holder Announces Espionage Charges

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced charges against Chinese army personnel for hacking into American companies including Westinghouse, United States Steel and Alcoa. By AP on Publish Date May 19, 2014. Photo by Charles Dharapak/Associated Press. Watch in Times Video »

WASHINGTON — In the Obama administration’s most direct confrontation with China over its theft of corporate secrets, the Justice Department on Monday unsealed an indictment of five members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and charged them with hacking into the networks of Westinghouse Electric, the United States Steel Corporation and other companies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/us/us-to-charge-chinese-workers-with-cyberspying.html

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OPM hack: China blamed for massive breach of US government data
Dominic Rushe and agencies @dominicru
Friday 5 June 2015 04.16 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/04/us-government-massive-data-breach-employee-records-security-clearances

Putin and Trump have to understand there are rules in cyber warfare as well as there are Geneva Conventions designed
to outlaw extreme and unacceptable behavior in the type of wars we have suffered since 'huwomanity (think woan) began.

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U.S. Decides to Retaliate Against China’s Hacking
By DAVID E. SANGERJULY 31, 2015 .. t'bit ..
The Justice Department is exploring legal action against Chinese individuals and organizations believed responsible for the personnel office theft, much as it did last summer when five officers of the People’s Liberation Army, part of the Chinese military, were indicted on a charge of the theft of intellectual property from American companies. While Justice officials say that earlier action was a breakthrough, others characterize the punishment as only symbolic: Unless they visit the United States or a friendly nation, none of them are likely to ever see the inside of an American courtroom.

“Criminal charges appear to be unlikely in the case of the O.P.M. breach,” a study of the Office of Personnel Management breach published by the Congressional Research Service two weeks ago concluded. “As a matter of policy, the United States has sought to distinguish between cyber intrusions to collect data for national security purposes — to which the United States deems counterintelligence to be an appropriate response — and cyber intrusions to steal data for commercial purposes, to which the United States deems a criminal justice response to be appropriate.”

There is another risk in criminal prosecution: Intelligence officials say that any legal case could result in exposing American intelligence operations inside China — including the placement of thousands of implants in Chinese computer networks to warn of impending attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/world/asia/us-decides-to-retaliate-against-chinas-hacking.html