Cable guy presses Gates on Chinese cyber warfare

Posted By Josh Rogin Saturday, June 4, 2011 - 12:05 AM Share

Your humble Cable guy had the opportunity to ask Defense Secretary Robert Gates a question at the opening plenary session of the 10th annual IISS Shangri-La Security Dialogue here in Singapore.

We pressed Gates to explain how the Pentagon's new cyber policy would be implemented with regard to the persistent threat of cyber attacks emanating from China.  Gates responded that he believed the time had come for robust international engagement to establish the "rules of the road" in cyber space.

Take a look at the whole exchange:

 

Josh Rogin reports on national security and foreign policy from the Pentagon to Foggy Bottom, the White House to Embassy Row, for The Cable.

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