That is being criticized. Soment claim the most tonight ver shall hole meant of the film kim junk uncould be toned down to an eventual release. It would cave to the bin for the bad guy. There was a discussion internally about how graphic and strong to make the conclusion of the film the thing that is probably really angering the north korean government conceivable that they might pull it and go back to a different version that is a little less traffic. The movies cancellation coming just as the United States connects north korea to the major cyber attack. They told fox news the fbi will make an announcement this morning while president obama is telling the American Public not to panic. Cyber attack is very serious. We are investigating and taking it seriously. We will be vigilant if we is he something that we think is incredible. For now my recommendations would be that people go to the movies. The cyber asack has been sanctioned by the government. It is possible the it was done by the
And economic restrictions on the island nation. The surprise move has set off a Major Political fight on capitol hill. But it extends far beyond. What will it mean and for whom is very much in doubt. Except for one thing, it means alan gross is coming home to the Sony Pictures announcing it United States, a government will not release its new movie, contractor, freed by the castro regime after five years in the interview, following prison. Threats at theaters and now sony this moving image, did you see officials preparing to announce this . Its gross celebrating his that north korea is behind the freedom on a u. S. Government threats and cyberattack on sony. Plane after taking 0 off from this as a defector who once cuba. Watching the news, where else, worked as a computer expert for on cnn, on new day. So weve got this developing north korea tells cnn that pyongyang is running a vast story covered from every angle. Network of hackers who lets begin with the white house, michelle kosins
Thought was sympathetic and turned out to be working for the fbi. According to these Court Documents the plan was to set off pipe bombs at the capital and then shoot people. This man, who is 20 years old from suburban cincinnati first came to the fbis attention last august when he began posting messages on twitter. He expressed support for isis. He met somebody in the cincinnati area he thought was sympathetic that turned out to be this undercover operative, and then yesterday he went to a shooting range and bought two assaulttype rifles along with 600 rounds of ammunition and as he walked out of the store, thats when he was arrested. Court documents say that he drew his inspiration from a former al qaeda figure Anwar Al Awlaki and videos from isis. He said in one message that the brothers over there, meaning isis, had given thumbs up for acts of jihad. Now, you heard his father say he was coerced. Family members say that he didnt even have the money it would take or even a car, tammy.
Plug on the Christmas Day release of the interview after a Terror Threat by hackers. And a movie release starring we expect that they are going to treat this as a very, very serious thing. This has been handled at the highest levels. We have the president s counterterrorism adviser who has been helping to coordinate the response from the u. S. Intelligence agencies, the fbi, Department Justices National Security division. That tells you exactly how high this is and how serious this is. As you called it, a cyberterrorism act. This has been, in some ways, a lot more successful than any of the other threats that north korea makes every few months. They make threats against south korea, against the United States, about launching new missiles. A lot of times they dont do anything. Sometimes they explode before they go anywhere. This, this has been a lot more successful and in some ways they are censoring the America Public in the way nobody else can. The thought that north korea is turning
It all begs the question, is sony doing the right thing for the nation or for its business by pulling the film altogether . And will this encourage other hackers with a grudge against corporations or the government to do the same thing . Lots to discuss with our first guest, ceo and editor of foreign policy. Also author of national insecurity, American Leadership in an age of fear. Thank you as always for being with us. Will sonys reaction be taught as a case study in how not to handle a situation like this . I think it will. I think this is from top to bottom, just about everything that you could do wrong on the message that it sends is that hackers, some place, can get into a business, get into a businesss mind and actually censor things. You know, imagine, you know, kim jongun decided, if in fact, the reports are right and north koreas behind this, he didnt want the United States of america to see this movie, and so he made a threat, played on the fears of the United States, played