Dysfunctional Washington will continue to "pass legislation" and persecute innocents like
Aaron Swartz, but when it comes to real cyber crime, the US does nothing--
Obama rejected tough options for countering Chinese cyber | Washington Free Beacon:
"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."
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