Graham Questions Generals On Cyber Security Threats

they Mister chairman I am certainly one associate myself with Atlanta questioning of of senator Leahy I think is right on point we

got a look at the world we live in when they make these decisions about numbers and capabilities %HESITATION Jonah killer %HESITATION

is that my pronouncing your name right close enough yeah okay nde we we've been badly about five hundred on the committee the solicitor online

McConnell I don't get court martialed %HESITATION are we spending enough money to modernize our nuclear weapons force I

think we are coming out of a period where the answer was no %HESITATION I think the fallacy questrade Asian affect it

affects it a I but it I can tell you %HESITATION it affects it in the near term in terms of the potential impact on readiness as

I mentioned earlier which will come about over a period of months that that was sort of a described as early as a slow motion %HESITATION

those who voted for the treaty had denied there was a promise given would modernize our nuclear force and

was basically my view is we never honored the modernization commitment in terms of funding and

long come sequestration so you've been hit twice %HESITATION we never gave them but we never made the commitment that

I don't know yet Sir what the sequestration investment impact is going to be on us I don't know %HESITATION

I it when we that the budget details have yet to be worth the cost aboard your account will be here right

well certainly if the rules stay the way they are across the board unless just assume that give back to me or the committing writing assuming

an across the board continuation over a ten year period what it would do to earn income modernization efforts could you see that yes

I can %HESITATION general Alexander and why isn't an attack own critical

infrastructure in this nation cyber attack by a government like China or Russia lies

that not considered an act of war that's a great question and I think one that needs to be ironed out what what

constitutes an act of war in cyberspace to let me give you my thoughts on please versus %HESITATION trying to bet

this around there is no clear answer and I agree with you but I think first I look at the laws of armed conflict the intent of the nation what they're doing I

would say what we're seeing today from those countries essentially espionage and theft of intellectual property is not an act of war thing

about military %HESITATION modernization plans stealing %HESITATION Espino luckily a lot of their line of their fighters tend

to look like a fascist that's right in a lot of a lot across the board %HESITATION so I think that's espionage I

write that stuff to intellectual property I would say that the intent is to steal secrets and you're into the espionage criminal

%HESITATION if the intent is to disrupt or destroy our infrastructure I think you've crossed alliance or somewhere in that zone heavy scene and and and

intent a planning process in place were enemies of the nation with a attack us through attempt