Senator John McCain on Friday said that the Russian hack was an “act of war.” McCain, an outspoken critic of Putin, during an interview Friday, called on the United States to respond strongly to the Russian hack.
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John McCain calls Russian Hack an ‘act of war’
McCain is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has scheduled a hearing for next week on foreign cyber threats to the US, which will primarily focus on Russian cyber attacks.
John McCain is one of the Senate’s most prominent foreign policy hardliners and he has characterized the recent sanctions and expulsions announced by President Obama as insufficient. He made his latest comments in Ukraine, a nation threatened by a resurgent Russia, after meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
During a recent interview, McCain said, “When you attack a country, it’s an act of war. And so we have to make sure that there is a price to pay so that we can perhaps persuade Russians to stop this kind of attacks on our very fundamentals of democracy.”
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Trump says “move on”
Donald Trump has shown no urgency to address the matter of Russian hacking, in fact, he has regularly cast doubt over the validity the U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia is responsible. After President Obama announced the latest round of Russian sanctions and expulsions, Trump responded by saying he would meet for the first time with top leaders of U.S. Intelligence agencies “next week.” Trump has also said about the Russian hack that it is time to “move on.” John McCain however, has promised to push for legislation next year on additional sanctions for Russia.
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