remarkable story of luke harding, who says he became the target of surveillance while reporting on it eric snowdenhe recently published "the snowden files: the inside story of the world's most wanted man." he revealed while writing the book on his computer, paragraphs on his computer would begin to sell elite. he repeatedly saw the cursor , gobbling up text, and that was not the only time he felt he was being monitored. luke harding is with us now from london. tell us what happened. before i do that, you have to understand the context. the first three months of last year after the leaks, the governments were scrambling to find out what he had taken, how much he had taken, why he had taken it, and were clueless. in that context, it is hardly surprising that the small number of journalists working on this material, including me, would have been targeted. i was writing my book, about halfway through. glenn greenwald in brazil, to interview him on the which was a curious experience. back at my home in england, i was writing critically about the the damage that these revelations had done to silicon val

not that everyone could do what eric snowden did. it shows -- story shows that just how ill-prepared the nsa was for someone like snowden. here we were couple years after manning and the release of documents through wikileaks, here is the most secure, what we thought most secure american intelligence agency, for snowden to be able to do that is incredible. as the intelligence chief admitted this week they'ringing as much about what snowden took, they still don't have clear sense of the entirety. >> schieffer: there has been some talk, i've heard this talk, peter king said he'd heard it, that he's been unable to substantiate it to this point that edward snowden actually decided to go to hawaii because he newsom how that the security there was not as good. now as iay, this is totally unsubstantiated, but it is one of the things that king said part of the ongoing investigation, that he knew the security wasn't as good out there. it turns out it was not merry as good. >> i've heard that as well. what we do know is that after wikileaks, ns

million users around the world of the paper says it got the information from nsa leaker edward snowden. >>> eric holder resting at home after a brief tay at the hospital. holder was treated for an elevated heart rate after experiencing lightheadedness and shortness of breath. the department also said that holder did not suffer any heart attack. >>> president obama has launched a mentoring program for at risk youth reaching out to black and latino boys growing up without a father. the president said my brother's keeper, the initiative will not just benefit the kids but the entire country. the issue hits close to home for the president who opened up about his own troubles after his father waucked out. >> i didn't have a dad in the house. and i was angry about it even though i didn't necessarily realize it at the time. i made bad choices. i got high without always thinking about the harm that it could do. >> that was the third time the teens from chicago have met with the president. he also encouraged them to tune out naysayers who want them to give up. >>> no longer our main squeeze, why the popul

theg to charlie google executive chairman, talks about the internet giant's actions after eric -- edwin snowdenured out get between our computer systems, as they tracked information. we have no evidence that information was misused of any kind. but when we saw that, and we saw the protocols, we closed it. that airs in full on charlie 8:00 and 10:00. >> welcome to "countdown". i am mark barton. .> i am anna edwards here's the interview we mentioned earlier. caroline. >> indeed. i am joined by joe london. they exposure to the emerging markets. thank you for joining us this morning. with the announcement we got for mark zuckerberg yesterday, warning the next 5 billion people do join the internet, how to zero commented that? ofebook zero is a way accessing facebook for free. great, isson it is that i think it can be done. any to be a real cooperation between the government, telephone companies, and their look-alikes. other ready doing some things that he talks about yesterday. we are having trouble songs for our subscribers, so that they can test the internet for free. the idea is to move them onto

peter king and others have all said, this is a serious threat to the country, what snowden and greenwald are doing. ericstice department and obama administration doesn't agree. >> his yob is to get information. snowwald and snowden can't be put in the same camp. that's what a journalist does. greenwald didn't release names of c.i.a. agents. that was a mistake by certain media outlets. >> he gave them information. they released it. he has a role in it. you can't deny that. "new york times" made a mistake and now the peoples' names are out there and i don't get any apology at all from the media that did this, let alone justice for the people at risk now. jon: that is the concerning thing. some of these folks are just trying to do what they can for their country. let's say all of them are and now they've been exposed as a result. >> i think he did what he did for the country, too, as did edward snowden. jon: good debate. thank you. jenna: we mentioned glen grown greenwald and there's a new venture he's exploring. he used to work for the guardian, the british newspaper. today his new website is making a deb

eric holder action figure. can you just imagine the epic battles between him and the snowden action figure? >> it looks like you can reenact lethal weapon with that. >> what is that suit? it is like it is 1978 in doll world. >> that's how eric holder dresses. >> this is like the worst toy ever. who would you give this to? >> before you say this is the worst toy ever -- >> i haven't played with dolls in months. >> well it is an action figure. it is important to note that it is an action figure. >> by the way, before you say this is the worst doll ever, note they make a rick santorum action figure. >> these things would be so much better if you could pull a cord and hear them speak. >> not santorum. >> no, i think that would be so much better if you could get that stuff coming out of his mouth. >> they need a blow up doll with that one. >> i would do horrible things with the santorum doll they make a ron paul. >> i have a scare crow mask and put it on him and then use it with the scooby doo set and then you can unmask him and he is the villain. >> i feel like they don't understand the word act

edward snowden first revealed that nsa had access information bout internet usage. erict talked to charlie rose about this. >> there was a program called prism from the british secret service and according to the snowden documents, they had figured out a way to get between our computer systems as they traffic information. we have no evidence that information was misused of any kind. we saw our protocols and close those doors mutely. >> schmidt also spoke about problems at one of google's rivals. >> the problem microsoft has is that their model was focused around windows monopoly position that is now used in my forms that don't sell. nokia is busy announcing an android-based phone. shocking. just to give you an idea of the power of open source platforms. >> you can watch the whole interview with eric schmidt tonight at 8:00 bloomberg television. coming up, it has been a rocky start to 2014 for who? justin bieber. some are calling for deportation. the pop star getting the boot from the west. that is next. ♪ >> seth meyers invaded american living rooms last night. an as aoe

eric schmidt has been talking to charlie rose. he talks about the revelations from the former nsa contractor edward snowden. documents, which appeared to be true, they figured out a way to get between our computer systems as they traffic information. you have no evidence that information was misused, but when we saw that and we saw our protocols, we immediately closed those loops. >> you can see the full interview a little bit later on. din is expanding in china. the website will comply with state censorship rules. the news comes after more than a decade of having its english and which website in the country. ,t. gox has gone off-line directing users to a blank white page. it comes amid allegations of a $350 million hack. this will gauge how big a threat this is to the future of the digital currency. also coming up, a picture of risk. ukraine's currency is one of the worst performing this year. we will discuss the embattled country's financial situation with the sack so bankhead of fx strategy. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. welcome back. let's get back to the ukraine. we have been expecting lawmakers to vot