This news puts the letter in a different light:
South Korea's military said Friday it was investigating a hacking attack that netted secret defense plans with the United States and may have been carried out by North Korea.
The suspected hacking occurred late last month when a South Korean officer failed to remove a USB device when he switched a military computer from a restricted-access intranet to the Internet, Defense Ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae said.
The USB device contained a summary of plans for military operations by South Korean and U.S. troops in case of war on the Korean peninsula. Won said the stolen document was not a full text of the operational plans, but an 11-page file used to brief military officials. He said it did not contain critical information.
Leaving a memory stick in where hackers could then access it was a bit sloppy, no?
But thank goodness all the North Koreans got was the executive summary of all the vague things we'd pound North Korea with if it comes to war, eh?
A suspicious person would wonder if the North Koreans were supposed to get that information. With the North Koreans, openly brandishing the stick that complements President Obama's carrot letter would be counter-productive. But if the North Koreans manage to swipe the stick for a good look at the broad sweep of their destruction ...
But it would take a suspicious person to think that way.
This might actually be some of that smart diplomacy we're supposed to have now.
