so when you look at cyberspace, i'm not saying in any particular way that cyberspace has become as importantod, but to anyone who you are, depending on what you do, it's feeling very much increasingly important, and just like food, we are having an increasingly globally supplied cyberspace in the infrastructure that we depend upon. and similarly for all of those who use cyberspace, it's somewhat challenging and somewhat to know whether or not that the cyberspace you are using is safe and secure and it can be trusted. and so we have to often rely on others to help ensure that safety and security and trust. and so again, one analogy will never always fit, but even things that we would apply in that domain, such as understanding what the risks are, taking action to try to address them, and have him plan that you can put in place if those risks so, to pass, are probably also appropriate things for us to dialogue and discuss women talk about the supply chain threats. so again, i thank you for the opportunity to provide what i hope was some useful framing discussion for the dialogue that's about t

became this thing we call the internet and wider cyberspace. in fact, there might have been at least three levels of convergence that have been taking place. a convergence in the connections in the space which were once separate depending upon the media from which you might have been communicating with you were making a phone call or you were watching a video on tv or may be trying to us and some female attacks message that has converged which led to another level of convergence. the devices are usually used to have to use separate devices to get access to the various types of communication links. now those devices we are able to collapse and converged so that many of us carry around smart phones, tablets, devices. they are essentially all devices that can handle all of these communication means in different form factors are shapes. and that is leading to another powerful convergence of how we can all gather and have discussions, not bound by geography, which brings together much opportunity for wide-ranging international and across our nation

of bank of -- to cause the disruption of the website of the cyberspace of bank of america and jpmorgan chase. i think this was done by iran which has its own developing cyber attack capacity. i believe it was a response to the increasingly strong economic sanctions that the united states and our european allies have put on iranian financial institutions. it is a counter attack by iran and against american financial institutions. this is a theory. i think it has a basis. in response to our economic sanctions against the iranian financial institutions. in any case, it is not a very sophisticated attack. it was a denial of service. the overload a web site. the russians did this a few years back to estonia. it had an effect to the site for a while. >> have you talked to the administration to back that theory up? >> i talked to individuals about this. it gives me some encouragement in my own belief that these attacks on jpmorgan chase and bank of america website or not is done by hackers, but the iranian regime was behind this. it is more of a theory in response to the u.s. sanctions agains

just the name alone tells you how important cyberspace and electromagnetic activities are. inside that part of the commission command -- of the mission command is electronic warfare and cyberspace operations together under one synchronized and integrator. the other half of that equation is inform and influence activities of which information operations is part of. >> we've got about a minute left. let me ask you very quickly, what's the latest and greatest equipment you're fielding to the troops and talk to me about your workshop that will be taking place between the 11th and 13th. >> we continue to field various means of electronic attack to soldiers in the field using the majority of our quick reaction capabilities, but at the same time the army's continuing to develop the innovative warfare system, iews. that's moving well along in the milestone of accomplishments. the workshop, this is my fourth workshop. we bring academia, industry and miliry togeer with the common goal of ensuring that electronic warfare becomes that enduring core capability for the army. >> where is

every time you felt that the pump, you are involved in cyberspace.puters at home, it is our electricity, all the infrastructure around us is now connected in some way to cyberspace. so, when you are so dependent upon cyberspace, we are also vulnerable to potential attacks. by nation states, by criminals, you know, that try to get your bank account information and social security number every day. also terrorists. and we know that terrorists are actively looking at vulnerabilities so they can attack us through cyberspace. again it doesn't mean we overreact because most of cyberspace is owned by the private sector, not by the government. so the interaction between the government and private sector is delicate we have to get the right and that is a part of the reason in the house we believe we should take it a step at a time. >> host: what kind of economic damage are we talking about? >> guest: your imagination is probably the limit. if they start fooling with the banking system and manipulate the market, it's hard to imagine the consequences. but all i

for building an international framework to make cyberspace more secure and reliable. but much remains to be done in this area as the need for sustained international engagement becomes more apart every day. apparent every day. so there's still a lot of work to do because threats to cybersecurity are real, they are serious, and they evolve rapidly. together we can and we must maintain a cyberspace that is saw and resilient, that remains a source of tremendous opportunity and growth for years to come. to that end, we need to work more effectively with the private sector to tackle two key challenges. first, realtime information sharing between the public and private sectors and, second, wilder adoption of sign -- wider adoption for the nation's core critical infrastructure. in cyberspace, seconds matter, and when information isn't shared quickly around the government and private sectors, it makes it infinitely more difficult to prevent attacks and minimize any damage that might occur. therefore, we need to insure that the government can use information at various levels

most of cyberspace is owned by the private sector, not by government. so interaction between government and the private sector is very delicate. we have to get that right. that is part of the reason why, in the house, we think we should take this step by step. host: what kind of damage are we talking about? guest: your imagination is the limit. if somebody starts to manipulate the stock market, it is hard to imagine the consequences. i will say, every single day, an incredible amount of wealth, intellectual property is stolen from computer systems in the united states. former director of the cia says it is the greatest transfer of wealth in the world history, these folks who come in and steal plans for a new fighter, plans for a new product, formula, as well as personal information. that is why it affects our economy and our personal well- being, as well as the country's well-being and infrastructure. host: as a member of the intelligence committee, where are we vulnerable, besides cybersecurity? guest: 2 certain extent, we are vulnerable in other areas

ppesidential cannidaaes barack obama nd mitttromney are also inundating cyberspace in their bid for theouse.dan simon has details on all the platforms available to of tools in the digital age. age. --reporter pkg-as follows -- technology has taken center stage in this run for the white house. obama and romney are using every digital tool available to reach voters. for the president, it even included a viitual town hall forum on redditt the social nees website with just 20 employees but millions of users. with zero notice, president obama logged on last wednesday for an ask me anything or "ama." the president answered 10 of the &pmost popular questions... ranging from his thoughts about thh spaceeprogram to asked wanted to know about his thoughts on the drug war, but he ignored the issue. political observers say his responses probably were not as significaat as the mere idea eegaging in a digital own hall forum. "tv appearances, debates and conventions were sort of the only way to speak are tarting to be other channels, othee ways to talk directll or talk in some sort of forum. and i thi

we're going to deny them use of cyberspace. cyberspace is a realm just like air, sea, and land. we're going to see much more of this. we have seen it with russia attacking estonia in 2007. georgia in 2008. it was both cyber and physical. in the case of estonia, it was only a cyber attack. these are the things that speak to the future of warfare. each and every conflict in the future is going to involve some element of cyberspace. that is where our information flows. that is where we have all the things we do in our daily lives. that also means everyone of us will be affected. it is not just a frontline thing anymore. it is an all-encompassing thing that may require action by everyday citizens. host: how prepared are we? guest: not very. the reason the denial of service attacks did not affect j.p. morgan chase, bank of america, or the stock exchange more is the financial-services industry has a robust cyber security capabilities. however, if you have to stay one step ahead of hackers. there are the hacktivists on one side and then those that do it for the state. in this case, the

military establishment has treated cyberspace as a domain of conflict, where it would need the capability to fend off attack or launch its own. that time is here, because someone sabotaged a top secret nuclear installation in iran with nothing more than a long string of computer code. >> we have entered into a new phase of conflict in which we use a cyberweapon to create physical destruction. [ticking] >> viktor bout, in my eyes, is one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth. >> on the face of the earth? >> without a doubt. >> which is why the u.s. government launched an elaborate international sting to nab viktor bout. what makes bout so dangerous? and how did d.e.a. agents eventually grab him? the answers in our story later. [ticking] this is what espionage looks like. the man driving the car is gregg bergersen. he's a civilian analyst at the pentagon with one of the nation's highest security clearances. his companion is tai shen kuo, a spy for the people's republic of china. bergersen knew a secret that the chinese desperately wanted to know, and neither man knows that what

you're involved in cyberspace. it's not just your computers at home, it's our electricity.e're also vulnerable to potential attacks, by nation states, by criminals, you know, that try to get your bank account information and social security number every day, but also by terrorists, and we know that terrorists are actively looking at vulnerabilities, so that they can attack us through cyberspace. again it doesn't mean we overreact, because most of cyberspace is owned by the private sector, not by government. so that interaction between government and the private sector is very delicate. we've got to get that right. part of the reason in the house we believe we should take it a step further. >> what kind of economic damage are we talking about? >> your imagination is probably the limit. if somebody gets in and fools with the banking center, if -- it's hard to imagine. these folks who come in and steal plans for a new fighter, plans for a new product, the formula,s well as your personal information. so, that's why it affects our economy and our personal well-being as far as th

that the dependencisy on this space, cyberspace is significant. the threat we face as a nation is real, growing and evolving. evolving in the sense that it started out in a way of theft, right? we'll call it espionage, intellectual property theft, an evolution to disruption, keeping others from being able to access the services that they might want to. and our real concern and fear as a nation that it could evolve past that possibly to destruction. so whatever the levers are used, it's in the context of knowing that this, with our dependency, is a real important area for us to work and that it's not a hypothetical threat, it is a threat that is real and growing and evolving that we'll have to together address. >> so melissa mentioned some of those levers and perhaps they're both on the regulatory and the market side. do, are there authorities right now for doing that type of regulation? do they exist right now? is this something that would take legislation? >> we have many regulators in the united states of which have authorities that could addres

our nation confronts a dangerous combination of known and unknown vulnerabilities in cyberspace. strong and rapidly expanding adversary capabilities and limited threat and vulnerability analysis and awareness. we are committed to working with the congress to make sure the department and our nation have the schools and authorities we need to effectively confront threats to cyberspace. and that includes minimum standards for our nation's critical infrastructure. we remain hopeful that the congress can pass strong cybersecurity legislation. and i thank you, chairman lieberman, and ranking member collins, for your leadership in this area. the third area of growing concern is homegrown violent extremism. within the context of u.s.-based violent extremism, we know that foreign terrorist groups affiliated with al qaeda and individual extremists are actively seeking to recruit or inspire westerners to carry out attacks against western and united states targets. importantly, however, as recent events have demonstrated, we also know that violent extremism can be inspired by various religio

powerful tool to cause problems for the enemy i will tell you why the next war could be fought and cyberspace from. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a dollar. i'm sorry i missed the guy who cares an awful lot about you sir are a fool you know what that is my libertarian self doesn't want you to listen to featuring me on limbaugh all the christian point you. can see there's really nothing to. say no for you to distract us from what you and i should care about because there are profit driven industry that sells a sensationalistic carbon. he calls it breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that. mr. pepper spray just burned your eyes right right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. it's much stronger than anything it's you buy a lot of. thousands of times we're stronger than any kind of body of ever put. well we were just talking about the very busy day today at the u.n. general assembly that included a talk also given by iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad he spoke about the faile

of students gathered in teheran to call for the expulsion of the french ambassador from iraq and cyberspacejournalist on this paris only has itself to blame for falling out of favor with followers of islam. the government is in a very difficult position because of their policy in syria and because of their various inconsistent. is large all french leaders like most european leaders are in the in the nature of a bind they've committed themselves to nature tied up with nato france under sarkozy committed itself more strongly than any time since general de gaulle to nato. there is the usual sore stick and carrot trum from washington so that there's that aspect of it and also they want to appear to be punching above their weight to use a british expression in internet. national politics because they want to keep their veto in the united nations so there is no difficulty on the other hand there is a growing feeling in leftwing circles that the government's policy is nonsense you cannot support it terrorism on monday and condemn it on tuesday and then support it again on wednesday they're playing

we talk a lot a lot about the future of war warfare playing out in cyberspace the what if military conflict will be more of a war of the minds well new brain science is could make this possible and agency of the department defense is research in ways to enhance military tactics by enhancing the mind be agency as darpa or the defense advanced research projects agency by making soldiers more alert to drugging the enemy altering the mind could change the battlefield as we know it details about what exactly darpa is working on the details in the book you see right there mind wars brain science in the military and the twenty first century the author is jonathan miranda he is also a professor at the university of pennsylvania has been following darpa's actions and joined us earlier to reveal what he's found out. in the ancient world you really couldn't do much to improve a war fighter except to give a brilliant speech if you were a commander in the one nine hundred centuries depression army tried cocaine in the twentieth century nicotine and caffeine and sometimes if you have to walk over the hil

friends do it to us too but you ever wonder who else might be watching your status updates well cyberspace is fair game for us law enforcement to watch how we all interact now this probably doesn't come as much of a shock to you since it's soon that everything we do online is being surveilled but there is a difference between publicly collected information and deceit fully gaining access to personal data i've ever heard of melvin cullen alleged against her from the bronx who was recently arrested after a cop took advantage of one of his facebook friends in order to access to photos and posts that would otherwise be deemed private and would call into the case to court saying that threat has forced fourth amendment the judge shot him down and said quote collins legitimate expectation of privacy ended when he disseminated posts to his friends because those friends were free to use the information however they wanted including sharing it with the government. yeah i'm sure that friend wanted to have a cop completely hijacked his profile in order to get his friend arrested i'm not sure wanted is

our nation confronts a dangerous combination of known and unknown vulnerabilities in cyberspace. strong and rapidly expanding adversary capabilities and limited threat and vulnerability analysis and awareness. we are committed to working with the congress to make sure the department and our nation have the schools and authorities we need to effectively confront threats to cyberspace. and that includes minimum standards for our nation's critical infrastructure. we remain hopeful that the congress can pass strong cybersecurity legislation. and i thank you, chairman lieberman, and ranking member collins, for your leadership in this area. the third area of growing concern is homegrown violent extremism. within the context of u.s.-based violent extremism, we know that foreign terrorist groups affiliated with al qaeda and individual extremists are actively seeking to recruit or inspire westerners to carry out attacks against western and united states targets. importantly, however, as recent events have demonstrated, we also know that violent extremism can be inspired by various religio

powerful tool to cause problems for the enemy ahead we'll tell you why the next war could be fought in cyberspace. here's mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that many americans call i don't know. i'm sorry i missed the dynamic here is an awful lot about what uses are. who you know what kind of mind their terrorist cells in your neighborhood don't want to give us a defeat terrorism be on the liberal and the christian public you. can really go to the. real superman to distract us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that's those officials that garbage because that breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break this that. let's. put a picture of me when i was like nine years old i took it over true. confession i get a friend that i love rap and hip hop is back and. he was kind of a yesterday. i'm very proud of the all the. plague . we spoke earlier about the busy day today at the u.n. general assembly and that included a talk given by iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad he spoke about the failed system of capitalism of world co

powerful tool to cause problems for an enemy ahead we'll tell you why the next war could be fought in cyberspace. well we spoke a little earlier about the busy day today at the u.n. general assembly and that included a talk given by iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad he spoke about the failed system of capitalism and of the world conflicts and was critical not surprisingly of the united states and its allies meanwhile adina john's government is in the midst of carrying out a plan to severely limit the use of internet in iran it would block google and create its own domestic internet network now this is interesting for several reasons one being that it was iranian hackers who were behind several hack attacks of big banks here in the united states that's according to an investigation by reuters iranian hack they say conducted multiple by several denial of service attacks of the websites of bank of america j.p. morgan chase and citigroup over the last year and i want to talk more broadly about some of the repercussions of what's happening in iran and what the threat of cyber security attacks by

well switching gears now we talk a lot about the future of warfare playing out in cyberspace but what if military conflict will be more of a war of the mayans well new brain sciences could make this possible an agency of the department of defense is researching ways to enhance military tactics by enhancing the mind the agency is darpa or the defense advanced research projects agency by making soldiers more alert to drugging the enemy altering the mind could change the battlefield as we know it details about what exactly darpa is working on as detailed in the book you see there mind wars brain science of the military in the twenty first century the author jonathan martin anna has been following darpa's actions and joins us now to reveal what he's found out where and i was also a professor at the university of pennsylvania right now thanks for joining us on the show today and. so we just saw your book cover there and when you talk about the war of the mayans what exactly are you are you referred to you know. no the most important link in warfare has always been the brain of the soldier

i know for a fact that throughout all of these negotiations, something happened in cyberspace at some point. for some reason, the and and the states decided to turn down the offer. it was a time when the united states finally got the support of china. the state department did not want to risk the support that was later on used against iran. how does iran benefit from that? no 20%? he just turned down this offer? ok. i'm going to develop the uranium myself. so they did. what if iran declares to the world that they would enrich their uranium? would there be anything preventing that? it would be legal. theirs no interpretation. i am not going to go into details, but is it possible? advancing its capabilities. every time theirs a deadlock, iran goes further. iran is excelling in nuclear technology. what shall we do? first, we are still in the negotiating stage. there is hope for a negotiation. we have not burned bridges. we are not hopeless. there are options. the negotiations must continue, the p 5 +1 negotiations. i did not see anything that would require germany to be more involved and

our nation confronts a dangerous combination of known and unknown vulnerabilities in cyberspace. strong and rapidly expanding adversary capabilities and limited threat and vulnerability analysis and awareness. we are committed to working with the congress to make sure the department and our nation have the schools and authorities we need to effectively confront threats to cyberspace. and that includes minimum standards for our nation's critical infrastructure. we remain hopeful that the congress can pass strong cybersecurity legislation. and i thank you, chairman lieberman, and ranking member collins, for your leadership in this area. the third area of growing concern is homegrown violent extremism. within the context of u.s.- based violent extremism, we know that foreign terrorist groups affiliated with al qaeda and individual extremists are actively seeking to recruit or inspire westerners to carry out attacks against western and united states targets. importantly, however, as recent events have demonstrated, we also know that violent extremism can be inspired by various religi

over the next year, the third priority will be normalizing and operationallizing cyberspace. getting that cyber capability, getting cyber operations to the place where their operations and space operations are in the air force today. >> i want to talk a little about reducing space costs a little bit later in the program, but one of the things i want to start off with is space situational awareness. there is a lot of stuff in orbit that we don't know as much about as we would like. there are space grafts up there that aren't intersecting or things up there that are intersecting orbits with our important spacecraft that has been a concern over the last few years. knowing what's up there is more important than ever. where are we in the process of improving our ability to see what's up there, identify it as a potential threat, and as well as hardened spacecraft if necessary given that, you know in a future conflict there could be a kinetic aspect to space that hasn't been? >> if space is foundational to everything we do, s.s.a., space situational awareness is absolutely foundatio

for building an international framework to make sure cyberspace more secure and reliable. much remains to be done in this area, as the need for sustained international engagement becomes more apparent every day. as much as we have done, there's still a lot of work to do, because of threats to cybersecurity are real, serious, and the eve of rapidly. together we can and we must maintain a cyberspace that is safe and resilience that remains a source of tremendous opportunity and growth for years to come. to that end, we need to work more effectively with the private sector to tackle the difficult challenges -- first, real time information sharing between the public and private sectors, and second, whiter adoption of cybersecurity best practices for the nation's critical infrastructure. in cyberspace, seconds matter, and when information is not shared, it makes it infinitely more difficult to prevent attacks and to minimize any damage that might occur. we need to ensure that the government can use information at various levels of classification to help the private sector prote

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that's espionage in cyberspace. they're increasingly integrating cyber warfare into their military planning and war fighting capabilities. these are all issues we need to take very seriously and we need to enhance our own defensive capabilities as well as invest on the offensive side as we will never firewall our way out of the problem. initiative resides with the attacker. >> is it a money issue? is it an investment of money issue in the infrastructure to combat this kind of crime? or is there something else that the united states should be doing right now to try and get ahead of this? >> right now there was legislation that stalled on the hill to be able to share information between the government and the private sector. we need to remove any impediments and obstacles to make that oa reality. there is a debate, policy without resources. you have a financial set of issues. but there is also do we take a regulatory approach or incentive based approach. i think we need to look at what the right level of carrots and s

our nation confronts a dangerous combination of known and unknown vulnerabilities in cyberspace. strong and rapidly adversary capabilities and limited threat and vulnerability analysis. we are committed to working with the congress to make sure the department and our nation has the tools and authorities to effectively confront rusty cyberspace. that includes minimum standards for the critical infrastructure. we remain hopeful that congress can pass strong cybersecurity legislation and i thank you, chairman lieberman and ranking member collins for your leadership in this area. the third area of growing concern is homegrown violent extremism. within the context of u.s.-based back extremism, we know that foreign terrorist groups affiliated with al qaeda and individual extremists are actively seeking to recruit or inspire westerners to carry out attacks against western and united states targets. importantly however as recent events have demonstrated, we also don't violent extremism can be in conspired by other ideological beliefs. moreover, the attacks last week in libya that took th

just last week deputy secretary of defense john hammer he said the cyberspace took a darker turn, and quote this summer as three very large corporations experienced cyberattacks designed to damage operations. citing government sources, he says that at least two of the attacks may have come from iran. china and russia we know have also launched cyberattacks. to respond to this escalating threat, the chairman and i have works during the past two years to craft a bipartisan bill that relies on the expertise of government and the innovation of the private sector. despite our hard work to find common ground, the senate has failed to pass cybersecurity legislation, given the significant damage already done to our economy and our security as well as our clear vulnerability to even worse attacks, this failure to act is inexcusable. for my teacher secretary michael chertoff and cia turf michael hayden described the urgency this way, we carry the burden of knowing that 9/11 might have been averted with the intelligence that existed at the time. we do not want to be in the same position again wh

throughout all of these negotiations, almost moment to sleep every second -- something happened in cyberspace at some point. for some reason, the and and the states decided to turn down the offer. it was a time when the united states finally got the support of china. the state department did not want to risk the support that was later on used against iran. how does iran benefit from that? no 20%? he just turned down this offer? ok. what if iran declares to the world that they would enrich their uranium? would there be anything preventing that? it would be legal. theirs no interpretation. i am not going to go into details, but is it possible? advancing its capabilities. every time theirs a deadlock, iran goes further. iran is excelling in nuclear technology. what shall we do? first, we are still in the negotiating stage. there is hope for a negotiation. we have not burned bridges. we are not hopeless. there are options. the negotiations must continue, the p 5 +1 negotiations. i did not see anything that would require germany to be more involved than turkey. many german scholars or politicians

we have new domains in a potential conflict, like cyberspace. and we have a defense budget that is best described as influx with a potential half a trillion dollars worth of cuts over the next decade looming that could seriously affect not only the military, but the broader economy. and yet, in many ways of defense has been largely absent from this campaign. we have had some mentioned here and there, but mostly in the realm of symbolism and wedging, using the optics of the announcements on boughton ships, or making talking point about how many times you mentioned, military at your convention versus the other side. while that might be frustrating to those of us defense wonks, one cannot blame the campaigns to mike for not highlighting defense in their strategies, as that -- too much for not highlighting defense in their strategies, as that seems to mirror the american public right now. bbc news and that "washington post" took a poll of voters. and what is your single most important choice for the president? 52% said the economy. and number two wa

the biggest most powerful retailer in cyberspace backed down over the weekend amidst a backlash overds to the opening screen of the new kindle fire tablet. amazon uses the ads to keep kindle costs down. but its new plan gave customers no choice but to take them. kind of like the godfather, an offer they couldn't refuse. but now amazon has a price on the pain of advertising. if you want to avoid pop-up ads on your new kindle fire, you will have to pay amazon $15. it is a revealing concession at a critical time for amazon as it faces new competition from google's nexus, microsoft's new surface and maybe a mini ipad apple may unwrap next month at the same time amazon's kindle fire for the first time a $500 tablet aimed at the ipad in the rich end of the market. amazon needs all the revenue streams it can get. the ceo says it will lose money on tablet sales so it can make money on amazon orders customers place through the kindle fire. not to worry though amazon says only a small number of customers now opt-out of ads on the simpler cheaper kindle e reader, costs an extra 20 bucks. amazon

standard internet when they're under attack, maybe even permanently, and function on their own in cyberspaceite called mail.iran.ir. colin anderson says this is iran's alternative, a competitor really to gmail, already publicly available in iran, people can send e-mails on this. it is not completely separate from the internet right now. but anderson says in iran the government can disconnect from the worldwide internet service, and users would still have access to this service. anderson says right now iran's internal internet can also connect people with businesses and government ministries. i asked cedric layton, former official at the national security agency, whose monitored iran's cyberefforts, about the iranians' claim that they're building their own internet for their own prosection. is that the only reason they're doing it? >> they're doing this as a way to control the population. they're doing it in a way that is very, very ubiquitous, will cover all of the different aspects of iran's social connection to the internet. >> reporter: and colin anderson says on that mail.iran.ir service

we have new domains of potential conflict like cyberspace. and we have a defense budget that is best described as influx the potential half trillion dollars worth of cuts over the next decade looming that could seriously affect not just the military, but also the broader defense economy. yet, in many ways, defense has been largely absent from this campaign. yes, we have some mentions here and there, but it's mostly been in the realm of symbolism and wedging. using the optics of making a vp announcement on a retired battleship or issuing talking points on how many times you mention the military, your convention versus the other time mentioning the military. while that may be frustrating to those of us, one can't blame the campaign too much for not highlighting defense and their strategies, as that seems to match where much of the american public is right now. for example, bbc news and he "washington post" a couple the talked about questioning voters. what is the single most important issue in their choice for president. 52% said the economy. n

we have new domains of potential conflicts like cyberspace. we have a defense budget that is best described as influx with the potential half a trillion dollars worth of cuts over the next decade looming that could seriously affect not just the military but also the broader defense economy. and yet in many ways defenses been largely absent from this campaign. yes, we have had some mentioned here and there, but it's mostly been in the realms of symbolism and waging. using optics of making an announcement on retired battleship for issuing talking points on how many times you mention the military and your convention versus the others have mentioned the military. now, while that may be frustrating to those of us defensive blocks, one can't blame the campaigns too much for not highlighting defense in their strategies because that seems to match where much of the american public is right now. for example, ab abc news and "washington post" a couple that as an opening question of photos what is the single most important issue in your choice for presid

attacks have also come through cyberspace, where computer viruses caused sentcentrifuges spin out ofrendering them useless. this latest attack has some western nuclear experts concerned that iran may be trying to establish justification for not allowing inspectors back into the country. experts feel that that access that those inspectors are given are really the only verifiable way that western countries can confirm what's going on there. >> a little potential there for subterfuge, perhaps on the part of iran. >> well, there's always potential. that's why that inspection program is so important. >> suzanne, thank you. >> pleasure. >>> turning to what's now a second week of bitter anti-american sentiment sweeping the middle east in the wake of an offensive anti-muslim film made in the u.s. that recently surfaced online. one of the fiercest hot spots, afghanistan, where hundreds of demonstrators attacked police officers on a road leading to the u.s. embassy in kabul. just days after a brazen taliban attack on a coalition base that left two u.s. marines dead. our brian todd is learning

believe these were just hackers who were skilled enough to cause a disruption to the web sites in cyberspace. i think this was done by iran, which has its own developing cyber attack capacity. i believe it was a response to the increasingly strong economic sanctions that the united states and our european allies have put on iranian financial institutions. if you will, it is a counterattack by iraq against an american financial institutions. in my opinion -- this is a theory, but it has a basis in our treatment of iranian financial institutions. it was not a physical attack, it was a denial of services were you overload a website. it had an effect. it disrupted access to those sites for a while. host: you can see the entire interview with senator joe lieberman later on today at 10:00 a.m. following this program and at 6:00 p.m. on c- span. it is also available on our website act c-span.org -- at c- span.org. joining us at the table is william beach, co-author of the 2012 index on dependent on government. he is here to talk to us about the index and what it measures. welcome to the program. gu

goal of keeping america safe from terrorist threats, whether on land, by sea, in the air or with cyberspace. we also believe strongly in the constitution and the protections ganted by our founding fathers. the fisa amendments act is an important tool that successfully prevented attacks on american soil. i commend everyone with who participated in this evert, especially the bipartisan leadership of chairman rogers -- rogers and the other mens of the intelligence committee on both sides of the aisle. i support this straight authorization which president obama, our commander in chief, said is rye tall to protect our nation. i will vote for the fisa re-authorization act of 2012 and urge my colleagues to do the same. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my ranking member, mr. ruppersberger, for the fine bipartisan effort on this important nabble security issue. i think people at home can rest assured that we have taken every precaution t

even though you have an old school flip phone, there is hope for you through cyberspace. >> i got an, she clearly needed a lesson in 21st century living. >> she's terrible with technology. i think she found out last week how to use a microwave oven. simplicity is best with klg. >> this is a laptop. >> oh! >> so we started off with a basic facebook post. >> i hate technology. >> you need to put this. >> this is going to go out there. >> yeah. >> how do i erase? >> try it again. >> oh, shoot. i haven't done a keyboard in a long time, either. >> use your mouse and hit post. >> use my little mousie. >> there's your first post on facebook. >> big deal. >> since you mastered this -- >> i don't know how to turn on your mac. how do you turn it off? >> we're not turning ate off next. >> next, i found a few photos i thought klg would want to post. >> it's always food for a laugh. >> click on photo and video. nuff said. it's going to post. >> oh, it's taking it. oh. it's downloading all the hair. ♪ that's what makes you beautiful ♪ >> she's probably going to come and get us. >> my life is over.

goal of keeping america safe from terrorist threats, whether on land, by sea, in the air or with cyberspacee constitution and the protections ganted by our founding fathers. the fisa amendments act is an important tool that successfully prevented attacks on american soil. i commend everyone with who participated in this evert, especially the bipartisan leadership of chairma rogers -- rogers and the other mens of the intelligence committee on both sides of the aisle. i support this straight authorization which president obama, our commander in chief, said is rye tall to protect our nation. i will vote for the fisa re-authorization act of 2012 and urge my colleagues to do the same. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my ranking member, mr. ruppersberger, fo the fine bipartisan effort on this important nabble security issue. i think people at home can rest assured that we have taken every precaution to protect our civil liberty, which

fact that a throughout all of these negotiations, almost moment to -- somethingecond happened in cyberspacewhen the united states finally got the support of china. the state department did not want to risk the support that was later on used against iran. how does iran benefit from that? no 20%? he just turned down this offer? ok. what if iran declares to the world that they would enrich their uranium? would there be anything preventing that? it would be legal. theirs no interpretation. i am not going to go into details, but is it possible? advancing its capabilities. every time theirs a deadlock, iran goes further. iran is excelling in nuclear technology. what shall we do? first, we are still in the negotiating stage. there is hope for a negotiation. we have not burned bridges. we are not hopeless. there are options. the negotiations must continue, the p 5 +1 negotiations. i did not see anything that would require germany to be more [intelligible] iran would like to attacked germany or western europe? turkey is nearby, and it is all about worst-case scenarios. turkey should be more involved