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That we expect them to follow international norms and abide by national rules -- abide by international rules. we have had tough talk with them. >> this comes one day after the senior intelligence and officials told contract its a leading threat. >> what is happening in the cyber arena cuts across any of the disciplines, counterintelligence or counterterrorism. as well as criminal. >> in the last year, with every major u.s. bank reporting website problems including denial of service or intermitt...

What about the intelligence community, what have folks inside the community told you about this threat? >> reporter: we were told by general alexander the head of cyber command at nsa there was increase in cyber attacks, 20 fold increase from 2009 to 2011. homeland security said their cyber term received a call about a suspect or real cyber intrusion about every 90 seconds. >> i can tell you that irans capability is getting better and the more pressure that is on iran from the international comm...

He doesnt want voters to know the folks will be laid off. >> the acting omb director drilled by the house armed services committee today about the labor department move. >> not worth the paper its printed on. it may be the desire but its not reality. its a fiction. what concerns me is we have five months to do balanced -- >> my question is regarding the president and -- >> its refusal to acknowledge -- >> sir, sir. my time. sir. >> a game of political brinksmanship played on capitol hill. defens...

From virginia. appreciate your time. well be waiting for the debate and the vote. thank you. what do you think atome? the question of the day on "americas newsroom" opens home page. do you favor repealing healthcare, yes or no. file your vote right now. well give you results at the end of our program today. check it out online. martha: thats not all that is happening on capitol hill this mourn. they are looking at the threat against the united states from cyber attacks. chief intelligence corres...

Theres new information from an annual meeting today. in the past theres been concern about al-qaeda, of course, or lone wolf terrorists, but right now the fears have to do with chinese companies companies andr not theyre already spying on the united states. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live from washington with more. >> reporter: thank you, jenna. the transatlantic capital terrorism group is meeting on capitol hill. the number of cyber attacks jumped 44% last year, and ...

The countrys nuclear sites. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in washington on this. catherine, this is compelling topic. what are we learning about this today. >> reporter: good morning. the head of the u.s. cyber command, keith alexander, says the u.s. intend to use cyber not only to defend u.s. networks but for offensive capabilities as well. any actor threatening a crippling attack against the nights would be have a grave risk. we have a full suite of cyber assisted op...

Commands, the tenth fleet, which has no ships. the 24th air force, which has no planes. u.s. cyber command, to do this sort of thing. chinas created military commands, russias created military commands. so for me, there are two takeaways here. one, we better defend ourselves, and were not doing that. unfortunately the obama administrations attitude is well defend the government, the rest of you are on your own. and the other takeaway here is we dont talk about arms control. we ought to try to ge...

They could cause trains to derail. so the united states government has created these military commands, the tenth fleet, which has no ships. the 24th air force, which has no planes. u.s. cyber command, to do this sort of thing. chinas created military commands, russias created military commands. so for me, there are two takeaways here. one, we better defend ourselves, and were not doing that. unfortunately the obama administrations attitude is well defend the government, the rest of you are on y...

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