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James Clapper: “Willingness to target critical infrastructure systems and conduct espionage operations even when detected.”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Willingness to target critical infrastructure systems and conduct espionage operations even when detected.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Clapper highlighted Russia's aggressive cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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