Snowden Leaks Cast Shadow Over U.S. Plan to Curb Chinese Hacking

[Purveyor]

Bloomberg News By Michael Riley June 30, 2013

The Obama administration’s strategy for confronting China over the theft of commercial technology has been battered by Edward Snowden’s disclosures of U.S. spying, leaving officials rushing to salvage a plan they crafted in secret over the past two years.

A public confrontation with China that appeared to erupt spontaneously this year actually coalesced after significant shifts in U.S. policy and years of internal argument, analysis and vetting, according to two people briefed on the plan who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak on the matter.

Approved by top national security advisers and presented to President Barack Obama in a series of meetings in 2012 and early this year, the plan includes classified counterintelligence operations, the seizure of assets and even the possible indictment of Chinese hackers, those people said.

The U.S. already has privately provided China’s leaders with evidence it gathered linking the hacks of commercial companies to China’s intelligence agencies -- a risky demarche that exposed the methods of U.S. spy agencies tracking those activities, according to the two people.

While some elements of the plan are well under way, other parts were intended to be rolled out over the next several months to increase pressure on China’s leaders.

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[Kolesar]

1. & Mandiant, who is working with the US, is trying to keep China from stealing my employer's secrets

As we have seen before, it is more important to the Republicans to set Obama back than to protect America's interests. Hence, the leaks.

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

2. But U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice just told us everything was cool in the gang, diplomatically

Susan Rice: Fallout From NSA Leaks Not 'That Significant'
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/susan-rice-fallout-from-nsa-leaks-not-that-significant.php

What's going on... now I'm getting confused with these mixed messages

[davidn3600]

3. Do you really expect our government to tell us our allies hate us now?

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

4. well, maybe call them names, or something...

or maybe I've spend too much time on DU.

But 'seriously', I know our former leaders have resorted to name calling before e.g. "old europe", let's hope we don't sing to that level again.