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On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
If the People's Liberation Army of China is engaged in cyber attacks against this country to steal our defense infrastructure, our trade secrets, our national security information, would you consider such activity, if it did occur, a hostile act against the United States?
Said by
Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham questions the legality of responding to cyber attacks from China.

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