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To: TobagoJack who wrote (126730)	12/21/2016 3:19:06 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217546

The only way Germany can sanction China is by developing the ability to retaliate against China with cyber-hacking as the US has done. You'll recall I posted the Charlie Rose interview with the head of the FBI cyber-division John Carlin (see below). Full interview: charlierose.com Obama told Xi quite starkly that if China didn't sign the Cyber-Treaty and if commercial hacking of American assets didn't end -- then China ran the risk of experiencing serious disruptions in their infrastructure control networks. That was essentially a threat of war and a visit for Xi to do the signing in the White House and agree to the parameters of de-escalation was quickly arranged. Of course China, in very petty ways, then gave Obama a very cool reception when he was in China. Shit like refusing to provide a ramp to deplane from the main exit of Air Force One - as if he really gave a shit - because the Chinese Communist Party isn't accustomed to being pushed around like that. But that's what Europe is going to have to do as well, it's all China's leadership currently understands and it takes time and resources to develop that level of defense and surveillance. Since 2013 retaliatory hacking is now official US policy for responding to state hacking, as with what Russia did during the US election. Senator John McCain wants the Senate to confirm this policy because he doesn't trust Donald Trump to not try to ameliorate the response to Russia. It's quite a spectacle when the Senate doesn't trust the President to protect the security of the United States.