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The U.S. Bows Down to a Group of Anonymous Norks | National Review Online

By Charles C. W. Cooke 12-17-14

Liberty is a mindset, and we’re losing it.

A group of North Korean hackers is holding the American film industry hostage, and the American film industry is helping them along. So, at least, reportsthe BBC this afternoon:

The New York premiere of The Interview, a comedy about the assassination of North Korea’s president, has been cancelled amid threats from hackers.

A spokesman for the cinema chain due to host the screening said it had been shelved.

Hackers targeting Sony Pictures had threatened to attack US cinemas showing the studio’s film.

This threat came in the form of a sub-literate e-mail, the provenance of which, it seems, was the North Korean hacker group “Guardians of the Peace.” In the missive, the group warns that anybody who goes to see The Interview should expect to be killed. “Remember the 11th of September 2001,” they caution. “We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time. (If your house is nearby, you’d better leave.)” Soon, they promise, “all the world will see what an awful movie Sony Pictures Entertainment has made” and “the world will be full of fear.” And then? Well, then “all the world will denounce the SONY.” For their efforts, the outfit was praised by the government in Pyongyang.

As far as anybody can tell, this all seems to be so much guff. “At this time,” the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed, “there is no credible intelligence to indicate an active plot against movie theaters within the United States.” Nor, for that matter, have the police departments of New York City and Los Angeles heard anything concrete. And yet, despite the lack of any tangible hazards whatsoever, the powers-that-be have elected to play it safe. First, Sony Pictures, which produced the film, canceled tomorrow’s inaugural showing. (“Security concerns,” natch.) Then the Carmike Cinemas chain, which owns 278 theaters in 41 states, announced that it would not be showing it at all. In the last few hours, the Hollywood Reporter has suggested, the other four giants of American cinema — Regal Entertainment, AMC Entertainment, Cinemark, and Cineplex Entertainment — elected to join in the boycott. And, finally, the studio pulled the December 25th release entirely. Perhaps Sony hopes to be “denounced” after all?

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