Posted on 05/11/2021 4:13:05 PM PDT by conservative98
Newt Gingrich on Monday night said Joe Biden should be authorized to 'order the killings of anybody overseas' who was found to be behind attacks on America's infrastructure, describing the cyberhack of the Colonial Pipeline as 'an act of war'.
Gas shortages were beginning to be reported across the East Coast on Monday evening, as the pipeline was slowly brought back on line after a four-day shutdown.
Hackers from DarkSide, a Russia-based network of cybercriminals, were said by the FBI to be behind the ransomware attack. On Monday they said they were mistaken to cause 'societal consequences', and only sought money. They said they would not target critical infrastructure again, and wanted no part in any geopolitical battles.
But Gingrich said that the United States needed more power to go after those responsible.
'On the national security part, we ought to pass a law immediately that makes this kind of hacking subject to a death penalty and the law should include a provision that the president, through a judicial process, should be able to order the killings of anybody overseas who is doing this,' he told Sean Hannity on Fox News.
'It's an act of war against the United States to do stuff like this.
'We need to react to it as an act of war, and the American people are going to look at their representatives and their senators and say, if you don't fix this, your successor will. I won't put up with it, and I won't put up with you if you don't fix it.'
Gingrich, 77, the former Speaker of the House, said it was pitiful that the U.S. was falling prey to such attacks.
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Who says the CIA and NSA didn’t do the hacking?
Add JFK, LBJ, Robert McNamara and Dick Cheney to your list.
Hill Clinton should be on that list.
Take off every "Flying Ginsu".
For Great Justice.
Does one start with L?
Seriously, I don't think he did it. His friends in another three letter org might have.
Ping
Have they hacked My Pillow yet?o
Is there a Cyber Command?
United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integrates and bolsters DoD’s cyber expertise.
LOL!!
You are on the right track with an L as the first of the 3 letters.
It is an inside job!!
Gotta blame Russia, we mustn’t even suggest China.
You're right.. you can't! I think ol' Newt is "blowing to the Galleries" for those that need to hear a cheerleader.
It's my opinion, and several signs point to it, THIS IS A MANUFACTURED CRISIS.
“Whenever I hear Newt’s name, I picture him and Nancy cuddling on that couch.”
Read the Contract With America again.
For every automated valve there is a manual override.
there is no reason for the pipeline to remain closed.
they are making up an excuse to go on the warpath.
From what I read initially, it was noted that upper management did not think the ransomware code hit the pipeline control systems, but they were unsure if it could move there (which I seriously question as well). So they should it down to err on the side of caution.
I am quite suspicious of this.
Should it down -> shut it down
“but it stinks of people who have become so dependent on computers that they can’t act without them.”
Bingo.
L
Letters of marque and reprisal are a thing.
Congress should start issuing them.
Lord, have mercy!
Interesting. Thanks.
I’ll go back to my previous comment. President Trump would have already “solved” this problem. Whether through assessing and creating an environment for the company to get it worked out or shaming them(privately) into getting its sh*t together.
Neither is going to happen given the current occupant of the WH and her stand-in. None of this effects them and they couldn’t care less.
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