US expels Venezuelan diplomat after cyber-attack claims [View all]
(AP) The Obama administration is expelling Venezuela's consul general in Miami after allegations that she discussed possible cyber-attacks against the US while she was stationed at her country's embassy in Mexico.
The state department said it had declared the diplomat, Livia Acosta Noguera, persona non grata and given her until Tuesday to leave.
The department would not discuss the reason for the expulsion, and there was no immediate reaction from the Venezuelan government.
The allegations were made in a documentary aired by the Spanish-language broadcaster Univision last month. According to the documentary, Acosta discussed a possible cyber-attack against the US government when she was assigned as a diplomat in the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico.
full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/08/us-expels-venezuelan-diplomat
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