Page 2 - Offensive Options News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Russian intelligence carried out. >> we concluded they interfered in the election. >> reporter: last month they kicked out ten russian diplomats but president biden proposed a face-to-face summit with russian president vladimir putin to ease tensions set to happen under three weeks. the american punishment and prospect of a meeting between the leaders clearly doing little to deter russia from stepping up their cyberattacks. >> this is probably preparation for the upcoming summit. they want to know what they are thinking when we go into that door. they don't really believe in going in negotiati...

But americans wonder, i mean, do we just have to sit and take attack after attack after attack in the cyber domain, or, in your judgment, is there a way to get ahead? is there a way to go on offense? >> we have the capability to conduct offensive operations. we also have significant capability to be able to defend ourselves and we always look at defending forward from a military perspective. and my job is to create the options for the president to be able to choose when he desires to respond. we want good options for him to choose from. and so that's what the department of defense is focused o...

Intelligence community said russian intelligence also carried out. >> we concluded they had interfered in the election and solarwinds was totally inappropriate. >> reporter: last month the biden administration sanctioned russia for its malicious cyber activity. it kicked out ten russian diplomats. but president biden also proposed a face-to-face summit with russian president vladimir putin to ease tensions, set to happen in under three weeks. >> we want a stable, predictable relationship. >> reporter: the american punishment and the prospect of a meeting between the leaders clearly doing littl...