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US expels Venezuela consul general over cyber attack plot allegations
The United States has ordered a Venezuelan diplomat based in Miami to leave the country, accusing her of discussing possible cyber-attacks on American soil.

According to The BBC, Venezuela's consul general, Livia Acosta Noguera, allegedly discussed cyber-attacks on the US while based at the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico in 2008.

Four US members of Congress had written to the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in December raising concerns about the diplomat.

The letter said that according to a documentary broadcast on the Spanish-language network Univision last month, Acosta Noguera had discussed attacking the US government's computer systems by diplomats from the Iranian and Cuban embassies and students posing as extremists, while she was vice secretary at Caracas's embassy in Mexico.
It sounds like a singularly muddled plan. Why would students pose as extremists while diplomats hack the system? Surely that's a misuse of the talents of all parties involved, including the PNG-ed lady playing at party planner.
The congressmen asked the State Department to investigate the claims, and if it found them to be true, "declare her a persona non grata and require her immediate departure from the United States".

Meanwhile, the State Department did not comment on the reason for the expulsion.
Didn't want to tip off the Obamanure administration?
Posted by: gorb 2012-01-09
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