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\nPresident Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser warned US adversaries on Wednesday that the US is prepared to respond offensively to cyberattacks on the United States.<\/p>\n
John Bolton said that even before the administration released its cyber strategy last year, Trump had issued a classified executive order effectively reversing the Obama administration\u2019s approach to offensive cyber operations. He said Trump has reduced red tape and procedural restrictions to make it less cumbersome for the US to take offensive action in response to cyberattacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s critical, because I think that if our adversaries can take steps against us in cyberspace and feel no consequences, feel no pain, bear no costs, they have no incentive to stop attacking us in cyberspace,\u201d Bolton said at an event in Washington hosted by the Alexander Hamilton Society.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe objective is not to have unrestricted cyber warfare, the object is to create structures of deterrence by making our adversaries understand that when they engage in offensive cyberactivities themselves, they will bear a disproportionate cost so they think about it a lot harder before they launch a cyber operation to begin with.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Iran, Bolton said that while Tehran has been able to mitigate the impact of earlier sanctions, it is feeling heavy consequences from the sanctions the US has re-imposed since May when Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal Iran signed with the US and other world powers.<\/p>\n
Blaming the United States, President Hassan Rouhani warned Iranians on Wednesday they could face more economic difficulties in the months ahead.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the US is re-imposing more sanctions on Iran\u2019s oil, gas and banking industries. The US also is imposing penalties for countries and companies in Europe, Asia and elsewhere that do not halt Iranian oil imports.<\/p>\n
Bolton said the US knows that some countries can\u2019t quickly stop buying oil from Iran altogether, indicating that the US will be willing to give them more time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want to harm friends and allies either,\u201d Bolton said. But he added: \u201cThe president has said unmistakably that our goal is maximum pressure and that it would drive Iranian oil exports to zero.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bolton also said the Trump administration expects the Saudi government to fully investigate the death of Saudi critic and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed October 2 at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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