Hours after the FBI fingered North Korea as responsible for the cyber attack on Sony, President Obama spoke at his year-end news conference. The first question asked was regarding the Sony hack and his response to the news of North Korea’s involvement. The president spoke forcefully and strongly about Sony’s decision to pull the movie, what it means for freedom and speech and then onto broader cyberspace themes.

I’ve reproduced some of the key quotes below, and here’s the full video:

“Sony is a corporation, it suffered significant damage, there were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that More >