Publicly name north korea for the attack, which they have traced using digital footprints. The u. S. Government is taking this attack very seriously, as an attack on a company, its an attack on its employees and frankly, its an attack on the freedoms that we enjoy in this country, the freedom of an entertainer or an artist to make something, though it may be controversial. And the freedom of people to go see it. Were reviewing a range of options for how we will respond to this attack. Cnn justice correspondent evan perez is with me now to tell us more about this. Good morning. Good morning, carol. This is the big issue for this administration is, how to respond to this north korean hacking, but also to make sure its not an overreaction. The white house is expected to announce attribution of this hack in the next couple of hours and as you said at the top, carol, the way this was done was to make it look like it was an inside job, to make sure that people thought it was coming from insi
Welcome, zblir glsir. Glad to be here. How did this statement come about from George Clooney . Well, George Clooney sought out our editor coeditorinchief, mike flemming, who is one of the great movie industry reporters and commentators. He made it clear he wanted to get this off his chest about how he felt things had played out since the hack began and particularly because clooney is on the record having a deep interest in journalism and how its practiced around the world having been both connected to journal itseists and made filmst journalists. He wanted to discuss how the press had responded to the hack and put into context the situation he felt sony had been put in. He created this petition and he wanted other Hollywood Alisters and studio heads to sign this petition condemning what north korea supposedly has done. Nobody signed that petition. Does that surprise you . Does it surprise me nobody signed it . I think it certainly surprised George Clooney. I think people in the industr