The hits just keep coming...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
"But US officials, including Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, have "even expressed grudging admiration for the OPM hack, saying US spy agencies would do the same against other governments," she reported."
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Hypocrites
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Hypocrites
Part of the calculus that went into the decision, one official told Nakashima, was that “we don’t see enough benefit in doing the attribution at this point to outweigh whatever loss we might [experience] in terms of intelligence-collection capabilities.”
"Another official said that the White House might opt to simply put sanctions in place under other justifications, and then privately communicate to the Chinese government that the sanctions were in fact in retaliation for the OPM hack."
What a difference a year makes....
What a difference a year makes....
But one Obama administration official said that filing indictments or taking other actions directly based on the OPM attack could backfire. "If you start trying to indict members of their intelligence service for conducting this type of espionage," ....
the official asked rhetorically, "what’s the response going to be? Are they going to start to indict NSA guys?"
