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“Terrorism” is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as a “political\u00a0use of violence or intimidation.”<\/p>\n

That’s all it says. I get it.<\/p>\n

So does U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who wants to label North Korea’s hacking of Sony Pictures an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/228439-democratic-senator-calls-sony-hack-an-act-of-terrorism<\/p>\n

The notion is quite clear that to commit an act of terrorism, one doesn’t need to kill or maim someone.<\/p>\n

Intimidation comes in many forms. That is what happened when someone — probably the North Koreans — hacked into Sony’s system as the company was getting ready to release the film “The Interview,” a so-so movie that depicts an attempt on the life of North Korean goofball\/dictator Kim Jong-Un. Sony initially pulled the film, refusing to release it as scheduled. Then it had second thoughts and released “The Interview” in selected theaters. It’s gotten mixed reviews.<\/p>\n

Back to the point.<\/p>\n

Menendez said the U.S. government needs to label this hacking episode a terrorist attack, as it clearly defines how terrorism is morphing into something quite different in the Internet Age.<\/p>\n

President Obama is reluctant to follow Menendez’s advice. He called the hacking an “act of vandalism.” Menendez disagrees — and so do I.<\/p>\n

According to The Hill: “‘You know, the one thing I disagree \u2026 with the president on is when he characterized the action here against Sony by North Korea as an act of vandalism. Vandalism is when you break a window,’ he told (CNN reporter Dana) Bash. ‘Terrorism is when you destroy a building. And what happened here is that North Korea landed a virtual bomb on Sony’s parking lot, and ultimately had real consequences to it as a company and to many individuals who work there.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, the cyber attack frightened many Americans who don’t<\/em> work at Sony.<\/p>\n

It’s not an act of war, as some have called it. It’s far more, thought,\u00a0than an act of “vandalism.”<\/p>\n

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“Terrorism” is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as a “political\u00a0use of violence or intimidation.” That’s all it says. I get it. So does U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who wants to label North Korea’s hacking of Sony Pictures an act of terrorism. http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/228439-democratic-senator-calls-sony-hack-an-act-of-terrorism The notion is quite clear that to commit an act of … Continue reading 'Terrorism' takes on cyber meaning<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[540,692,2681,3335,4313,4562,4767],"class_list":["post-7743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","tag-barack-obama","tag-bob-menendez","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-north-korea","tag-sony-pictures","tag-terrorism","tag-the-interview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}