about this issue and please join me in thanking bart gellman ellen is sheena ashkan soltani anne craig timberg for letting us walk through and tube marty beran who introduced the panel and a huge supporter of what was an enormous difficult hard and as you saw the nuts and bolts of how difficult this reporting was reporting over the last year and leading barton and ashkan and craig walk us through and get a sense of what they are dealing with. thank you again. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you some independent scientists looks after was on the market and found the gene that was normally silent was switched on in that gene produces an allergen called canvassing so you may have in allergic reaction and someone you know may die from being the corn genetically engineered on labeled as containing an allergen but the process of genetic engineering created a switch on of the dormant gene and change 43 other genes as well as changes in the shape of proteins. monsanto's soy has a sevenfold increase, up to seven fold increase in a known allergen. this was an intended.

craig timberg national technology reporter also covers privacy security and surveillance. he came to the post in 1988 and has done stints as a political reporter and as the informed correspondent covering africa also the author of the book tinderbox. fate you for joining us. bible just like to start off to talk about the response is a miss long ago actually. >> there are serious ones to be made but no more than anybody else in the number of commentators who have said that there are others who are very happy primarily for the validation that the fundamental sounds like it that can do to a democratic society for what the government is working for. and although very clearly not operating out in the open by any stranger of the imagination these rules are subject to debate. >> anything i don't have much more to add that the reaction because of civil liberties suze intelligence committee but overall the public is appreciative. >> my favorite response has been from the tech community because the response is the value of understanding technology to explain things more open the. an

please join me in thanking bart gellman, ellen nakashima, ashkan soltani, and craig timberg. [applause] also to marty baron who introduced the panel and was a huge supporter of how difficult the reporting was over the last year and for letting us walk through and get a sense of what their journey has been like. thank you again. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the british parliament has easter break. livean watch a return wednesday, april 30 at 7 a.m. eastern. you can find other reddish public affairs programs. on foreign policy border enforcement. after that, the implementation of the health care law and possible changes to the law. and then "q&a." >> a think tank they focus on the potential for congressional action. their discussion was about one hour and 25 minutes. >> welcome, everybody. if i can ask everybody to make sure you turn off your ringers on your phones, that would be terrific. we have a wonderful event today that is timely and also very informative and eye-opening too

please join me in thanking bart gellman, ellen nakashima, ashkan .oltani, and craig timberg [applause] also to marty baron who introduced the panel and was a huge supporter of how difficult the reporting was over the last for letting us walk through and get a sense of what their journey has been like. thank you again. [applause] look at our primetime schedule on the c-span networks. starting at 8:00 eastern, we will bring you supreme court oral arguments and attorney remarks in the case to decide whether the aereo company has the right to retransmit programming without copyright fees. , american history tv with a conference held by american historians. some independent scientists anded at monsanto's corn found the gene normally silent was switched on. that produces an allergen. you may have an allergic reaction. someone you know may die from eating the corn genetically engineered and not labeled as containing in allergen. the process created a switch on of the dormant gene and the change of 43 others, as well as changes in the shape of proteins. soy has a -- monsanto sevenfold increas

craig timberg is reporter who covers privacy, security, and surveillance. he came to the paper in 1998 and has done stints as a reporter covering africa. he is the author of a book, "tinderbox." thank you for joining us. i would like to start out with two minutes from each of you to talk about what the response has been that you have received to the pulitzer prize, which happened one week ago. it seems very long ago, actually. >> my friends like to tell me the stories of what an outrage it is. there have been some. there are serious criticisms to be made, and we are not immune from that. there are people -- and there have been a number of commentators who said that this was undeserved. there are others who are very happy for the validation of the debate, the idea that the fundamental boundaries about what secret intelligence can do in a democratic society need to be decided by the people, who the government is working for. information is power -- information is even more power, and that although very clearly the u.s. intelligence cannot operate entirely in