- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
US to charge Chinese officials with espionage
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:41 am
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:41 am
I'm no diplomatic guru, but am I wrong to believe this is just laughable? This just seems like another effort by the administration to create a distraction from current scandals. What does Holder honestly think he can do here other than pissing the Chinese off for doing something we do as well. The NSA and the CIA have been transmitting viruses and stealing data from foreign entities for decades. Not to mention their domestic surveillance programs
Yahoo
quote:
The United States is preparing to announce first-of-its-kind criminal charges Monday against Chinese military officials in an international cyberspying case, a government official said.
Attorney General Eric Holder and other federal law enforcement officials were expected to reveal the new indictments later Monday, the official told The Associated Press.
The indictments will accuse individuals of participating in cyber-espionage on behalf of a foreign government, said the official, who revealed this information only on grounds of anonymity because this person wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the case in advance of the official announcement. The official described the prosecution as unprecedented.
The official said Chinese government officials are being charged in the United States with hacking into private-sector companies to gain trade secrets, adding that Holder and other top-level law enforcement officials were poised to announce charges that include economic espionage and trade-secret theft.
The Chinese to be named, the official said, are current members of Beijing's military establishment. The U.S. official did not identify the companies or industries with which they were engaged.
Yahoo
2
Posted on 5/19/14 at 10:11 am to tysonslefthook
Red line. I'm sure china will allow extradition either that or call for our debt to be paid to them.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:13 am to tysonslefthook
Funny that the US govt wants to denounce/prosecute foreigners for spying on its citizens and companies, but does the same thing themselves 
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:19 am to dante
quote:
I'm sure china will allow extradition either that or call for our debt to be paid to them.
That's my concern: we owe them so much that if they start demanding bond repayments (instead of continually refinancing the debt), we're f'd.
Then again it wouldn't surprise me if those hackers (notwithstanding their position in the government) are on bad terms with the powers that be, who are letting us do their purging for them.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:51 am to Lsut81
Not really a pot meet kettle situation. The US is charging them with stealing from private corporations and using trade secrets for their state run operations (which will compete with US corporations). The US spies, but from what is known, nobody is stealing designs and then competing with them on international markets.
This probably won't stop anything. The global economy kind of sucks if nobody is following any rules.
Intellectual property is where I most significantly venture away from the Libertarian ideals.
This probably won't stop anything. The global economy kind of sucks if nobody is following any rules.
Intellectual property is where I most significantly venture away from the Libertarian ideals.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:55 am to NukemVol
quote:
Not really a pot meet kettle situation. The US is charging them with stealing from private corporations and using trade secrets for their state run operations (which will compete with US corporations). The US spies, but from what is known, nobody is stealing designs and then competing with them on international markets. This probably won't stop anything. The global economy kind of sucks if nobody is following any rules. Intellectual property is where I most significantly venture away from the Libertarian ideals.
I don't disagree with anything you said. Also I'm not attempting to justify what the Chinese are doing. I just find the whole notion of Holder wanting to pursue this as laughable. Of all the things we need our AG looking at, this is what he chooses to devote his time to.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News