Newt Gingrich is not sugar coating his characterization of Sony Pictures caving to North Korean threats. He’s calling it “war” and he’s not alone.
No one should kid themselves. With the Sony collapse America has lost its first cyberwar. This is a very very dangerous precedent.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 17, 2014
@newtgingrich One in a long line of dangerous precedents….
— Karma Always Wins (@3P1C_F41L) December 17, 2014
BREAKING: U.S. investigators determine North Korea is behind Sony hack. @evanperez reports http://t.co/2PLaxpGqQM http://t.co/2ZGyAJE6wW
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) December 17, 2014
@newtgingrich We have no defense without offense. And that's not going to happen for two years or, maybe, more.
— EPBerg (@epberg) December 17, 2014
@epberg @newtgingrich Yeaaah, about that… http://t.co/JjKHccOgjO
— Toby Pinder (@tobypinder) December 17, 2014
“@newtgingrich: Congress needs to focus on issues like this.
— ones and zeroes (@schwaid) December 17, 2014
@newtgingrich hey smarty pants. Sony is a Japanese company. wouldn't you say Japan has lost it's first cyberwar? #hmmm
— A Fat Wreck (@afatwreck) December 17, 2014
@afatwreck Sony as a corporation is Japanese, but Sony Pictures Entertainment is an American division.
— Jingle Bellman ❄️ (@YourAvgBellman) December 17, 2014
America will NEVER give in to the demands of terrorists! (unless they don't like our movies in which case we will fold like a beach chair.)
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) December 17, 2014
The 1st major public showdown in that new frontier: cyberwar. And America surrenders to NK dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/A9yG265N8T
— Thor Halvorssen (@ThorHalvorssen) December 17, 2014
A Japanese company with an American movie arm was bullied on free speech by the North Korean Gov's Hackers. QED #TheInterviewMovie cyberwar
— Rob Passarella (@robpas) December 17, 2014
.@RobLowe it wasn't the hackers who won, it was the terrorists and almost certainly the North Korean dictatorship, this was an act of war
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 17, 2014
So what should be done in response?
Sony should release "the Interview" online for free so North Koreans can't censor American creativity–should have Korean language version
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 17, 2014
Yes!
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