US Government Makes Unprecedented Move Against Chinese Hackers

With Joseph Schmitz, Faith McDonnell, Chris Farrell, Gordon Chang

JOSEPH SCHMITZ, Former Inspector General of the Department of Defense:

• An aborted attempt to provide arms to the Free Syrian Army, and the problems with arming Syrian rebels with weapons through proxy private groups
• Trustworthiness of rebel groups such as the Free Syrian Army, which reportedly has weapons for only one in three fighters.
• The transformation of an Inspector General’s role under the Obama Administration

FAITH McDONNELL, of the Institute on Religion & Democracy:

• Meriam Ibrahim, sentenced to death in Sudan, and her refusal to answer to an Arabic name in court or agree to convert to Islam
• McDonnell’s experiences with an Nigerian NGO task force that pushed for years to get Boko Haram designated a terrorist organization
• Refuting the Obama Administration’s policy stance that the violence in Nigeria is caused by poverty, not religion
• Difficulty Christian victims of religious persecution have getting visas into the US

CHRIS FARRELL, Director of Research and Investigations at Judicial Watch

• Formation of the select committee on Benghazi and its chances for success
• Findings from a FOIA regarding Lois Lerner, the IRS, and the targeting of certain Tea Party groups
• Judicial Watch’s lawsuit against National Intelligence Councilman Theodore Moran, for his dealings with a Chinese technology firm with close ties to Chinese government intelligence
• The security flaws associated with the U.S. personnel security investigative programs

GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com:

• Chinese cyberwarfare against US industry
• Reasons behind America’s reluctance to treat China as a potential enemy
• China’s recent actions in Vietnam and the possibility of a Chinese-Vietnamese war