Posted on 01/02/2015 11:18:49 AM PST by blam
January 02, 2015
FoxNews.com
The Obama administration on Friday imposed a wave of sanctions against members of the North Korean government, amounting to the U.S. government's first official response to the cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Despite lingering questions from private security analysts over whether North Korea was responsible for the hack -- as the FBI has alleged -- the White House described the new sanctions as retaliation against Pyongyang.
"We take seriously North Korea's attack that aimed to create destructive financial effects on a U.S. company and to threaten artists and other individuals with the goal of restricting their right to free expression," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.
"As the president has said, our response to North Korea's attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment will be proportional, and will take place at a time and in a manner of our choosing. Today's actions are the first aspect of our response."
The president signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against agencies and officials associated with the North Korean government and Workers' Party of Korea.
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But didn’t we find out absolutely that it was NOT North Korea??
“But didn’t we find out absolutely that it was NOT North Korea??”
I was thinking the exact same thing
The only thing the Obola administration knows how to do is lie.
Is Obama trying to gin-up another crisis in order to mask another outrage?
What’s he going to do? Make them give up their last dozen working light bulbs?
And force those mercury laced bulbs.
Obama should make it illegal for NK to export their most important product, US $100 bills.
This should open lots of liberal corporate eyeballs as to just how far Barry is willing to go. You play ball or we crucify you like NK.
Barry knows NK is innocent. this is a message to corporate America and reluctant countries over what Lord King wants and what happens when he is unsatisfied.
The full weight of American intelligence and propaganda are headed your way.
If they are incandescent bulbs, they are valuable...
THIS is about controlling the Internet.
The Administration is saying this so it can use this fake attack (most likely an inside job) as the “EXCUSE”... for the feds to control the web that comes up in 30 days.
The Internet is busting politicians lies left and right.
So the Feds are looking for ANY EXCUSE to control the Internet.
Doubling down on stupid.
It’s a digital “Reichstag Fire.”
I don’t get it... what does that have to do with anything?
:)
The FBI maintains the hack came from NK.
But, considering EVERY federal agency has been politicized by the Obolas, I don’t know what to think.
I sure as hell don’t trust anything anyone in gooberment says.
You have to admit, though, that they’ve got the whole “light pollution” problem licked.
Someone needs to remove this totalitarian punk from power…POSOTUS that is.
Korea allegedly hacks a company, Obama rushes to tighten sanctions....
Iran definitely developing nuclear weapons, Obama wants to ease sanctions.
He’s not just irrational...he’s nuts!
Yup.
'Light-years' ahead of everyone else.
Obama is a clueless bumblehead. He probably still believes NK is behind Sony attack. In his world it is OK to threaten Japan and the US with nuclear obliteration but don’t you dare go after his Hollywood friends.
Also, North Korea just announced its willingness to have talks with South Korea, I wonder how these new sanctions will affect those and if this action has less to do with the Sony hack and more to do with NK’s relationship with the South.
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