col. leighton: what you did in prior decades was cooperate. you are dealing with a partner like holland or other western european partners, it was decades ago to tell them what you were interested in and they would assist from their local law enforcement agencies or their intelligence them self. selves, there are a lot of things that are different about this. the business relationships that global companies like gemalto have is because it is not just a dutch company, it is a global player, and they are the largest producer of sim cards in the world. they have a vested interest in maintaining security rate the . the nsa and counterparts in other nations have a vested interest in finding out how to go after certain signals and encryption algorithms so they can then track people they are interested in. cory: that was cyber security analyst colonel cedric leighton from washington, d.c. we will be right back. ♪ cory: this is the best of "bloomberg west." i'm cory johnson. smartphones and tablets have transformed the way television is watched, and t