There have been more than 40 attempts to repeal the act, and it did not succeed.

No, I think that is right. I think we will get to the point where we will need to use punitive measures to encourage the Chinese.

You need to engage the Chinese directly and tell them, this isn't what responsible nations do.

We do have red lines. Then-Secretary Panetta laid them out in a speech last October.

he did bring us to a debate that maybe we should have had

The Indians' primary concern in cyber security is with Pakistan and Pakistani nonstate actors or state-sponsored actors launching some kind of attack against India.

cyber security as an issue for international security is best addressed using diplomatic and trade tools.

Well, the official U.S. position is that we don't need a new institution, and it is already the case that we use some of the existing institutions.

If a cyber attack looks like it will cause the death of American citizens or do significant economic harm to the U.S., we will use military force preemptively.

Mr. Snowden is kind of a naive child.

One morning is the Russians are the guys proposing a global treaty. That alone should be enough to tell us it is a bad idea.

We are not going to get a treaty; we can get agreement on norms and confidence-building measures, and the U.S. is a leader in this.