Richard Clark on OPM Hack: I Blame the Obama Admin for Not Taking this Issue Seriously

‘I don’t blame the Chinese — this is what intelligence agencies do — this is what we, the United States, do’

CLARKE: "Well, it’s very serious because the — the form that I had to shell out went on for almost 100 pages — everything about my background. And they have that for 21 million Americans, date of birth, Social Security number, foreign contacts, foreign trips, any problems you’ve ever had medically or psychologically, any addiction problems you ever had. They can use this information to blackmail people. They can use it to steal identities. But, George, I don’t blame the Chinese. This is what intelligence agencies do. This is what we, the United States, do. We steal this sort of information. I blame the Obama administration for taking this issue not seriously enough."

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