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Threat to americas military security, chinese cyber spies reportedly are hacking into blueprints for sensitive pentagon weapon systems in a much bigger way and more dangerous way than we ever realized. some defense experts now say the amount of cyber spying thats been revealed is staggering. cnns brian todd is breaking it down for us. it is enormous whats going on. >> it is enormous. the u.s. traditionally had a technological advantage in military capability, but theyre catching up. there are al...

Capability, this is not about troops on the ground, about engaging our air force. we want to use the arab league, then we can vet the folks that should be getting these weapon systems, train them, and give them intelligence packages. >> i hear you saying, going to wrap it up, you would support some sort of no fly zone and some sort of provision of hardware, weapons if you will, lethal weapons to the rebels? >> i would, in the cases we just talked about. >> under those circumstances. it is a toug...

Hacked. think about this. it is not simply that theyve stolen all of the these technological and military secrets, but they are demonstrating a capacity to command cyberspace against the united states inside to all of the military assets that have been, i love the expression on the part of the administration, compromised. your word was exact. they have stolen it. the major banks in this country have been hacked by the peoples repurepublican army. it just doesnt end. >> megyn: i know why they do ...

Chinese hackers have gained access to designs to more than two dozen weapon systems. the president will discuss cyber security with chineses leader when they meet in california next week. this is more than two dozen major weapon systems, this is critical to the missile defenses. combat aircraft and ships. i know we think terrorism comes in different ways but if they are really to hack our systems and continue to do it which it looks like there is no signs of stopping. this is much greater. >> bo...

Weapon systems are still secure. a chinese foreign ministry spokesman pushed back on recent accusations of cyber theft and spying. >> china opposes hacking in any form. we have said many times that cyber attacks are a global challenge. since it is technically untraceable it is very difficult to find a source and identity of the hacker. >> reporter: the pentagon report stated back in january that the cyber threat from china is, quote, serious with potential consequences similar in some ways to th...

One is we cant stop them, or two, we have engaged but have not let them know that, and were playing a double game. >> megyn: then how do they have all these weapon systems, our most sentenceivour most sensitis systems hacked in the headlines of the "washington post". >> the idea is theyve put trojan horses into the technology. >> megyn: they got the fake stuff, not the real stuff? >> in some instances. you mentioned the f-35, the most advanced fighter jet in history. this thing is incredible. co...

Now two officers are on leave. >> the police got him. the police got him. >> the police say the man had tried to barricade himself inside a cell phone store and overpower the officer trying to arrest him. it took several more officers and even a couple of customers to subdue him. at least one witness said officers kept beating the man after he was on the ground. >> just prior to that video the suspect actually was on top of the officer assaulting him, and pinning him down to the ground. you can ...

Private thompson ran a machine gun and was immediately killed. from that moment, manning the mortars was impossible. >> the enemy knew what our reaction plan was. they understood our weapon systems and our capabilities. and initially right at first they disabled one of our more capable ones to fight back. >> oh, yeah, it was definitely coordinated. you could tell immediately that they knew what they were doing. several guys had their, you know, weapons shot out of their hands. >> the taliban sni...

Administration consult with hicks before putting together those talking points? >> if they did or didnt, i dont know. it seems to me they should have. there are two major point. the first we have had in open press for months there was a human on the scene report initially that there were armed radicals in the crowd. there were heavy weapon systems there. why wasnt that a piece of information that was presented by susan rice? was it her or someone necessarily the administration or overriding reas...

And we have the capability to make sure that they dont use them, i would argue we have a moral obligation here. imagine a chemical exchange here in syria and what that would do, a, to a humanitarian crisis, i just dont think we should idly sit back. this isnt iraq. its not afghanistan. this is much smaller, much more effective way to rally the arab league and make them more effective in protecting those weapon systems and being assads regime to an end. >> congressman, have you communicated awe t...