if they did compromise people's privacy and constitutional rights want to bring up a general keith alexander he came out recently and said that the n.s.a. did not maintain files on americans he says if that happened that it wasn't intentional this was this was recently at a hacking conference over the weekend but many aren't buying it i mean what do you think is this is this an outright lie what i think we have an n.s.a. whistleblower saying he was playing word games with the truth you know i think if you really pinned him down a moment and said oh yes they're not on a list we just have a database with information about all sorts of americans but you know that's that's a distinction without a difference the fact is as whistleblowers again and again have alleged the n.s.a. is collecting enormous amounts of information about americans the putting it all huge databases where it can be searched and information about any one of those can be pulled out the fact that ok today the n.s.a. isn't pulling all of the individual files with their names on it no one millions of in the same bureaucrats takin

government is looking for other ways to beef up internet protection ahead of cyber command general keith alexander also head of the n.s.a. has come out asking the administration to review the rules when it comes to cyber attacks currently the pentagon is only allowed to defend against attacks inside its own boundaries but now they're hoping to expand that power to outside of their own computer networks and within foreign countries this comes a day after labs identified another apparent state sponsored virus with links to stuxnet that and flame so as speculation swirls around the future of the answer that we here at r.t. sat down with someone who had a strong hand in creating our current cyber climate. co-founder of apple speaks to our t. about net neutrality and his fear that freedom on the internet could become a thing of the past i think that a lot of social interaction will be curbed i want to take that back i fear i fear it will be that the gate keepers those who can turn on and off switches allow certain things disallow other things allow who gets to send me data about a new movie rather than

government is looking for other ways to beef up internet protection the head of cyber command general keith alexander also head of the n.s.a. has come out asking the administration to review the rules when it comes to cyber attacks currently the pentagon is only allowed to defend against attacks inside its own boundaries but they're now hoping to expand that power to outside of their own computer networks and within foreign countries this comes after a day after because fair ski allows identified another apparent state sponsored virus with links to stocks not and flame so as heavy speculation swirl. around the future of the internet we here at r.t.c. sat down with someone who had a clearer hand in creating our current cyber climate steve was the act co-founder of apple speaks to our t's abby martin about net neutrality his fear that freedom of the internet could become a thing of the past feels a weighs in on kim dotcom and the case against him. as co-founder of one of the largest companies in the world do you think that you have a responsibility to speak out about issues like internet regulation i d

general keith alexander one trillion dollars goes down the drain each year due to cyber crime so is is this a way to justify yet another arm of the ever expanding military industrial complex to talk more about this i was joined by john simpson privacy project director for consumer watchdog we first discussed they suppose that one trillion dollar price tag for cyber security. well it's supposed to be a worldwide figure and it's a figure that's been put forth by by some companies that are in fact have a have a vested interest in in making that claim other companies that sell computer security equipment and that sort of thing. i suspect that the numbers may. be eyecatching it's very difficult to know exactly but the fact of the matter is is that even if those numbers are an over estimate there is a serious cyber security problem in the country it's something that we need to be doing something about but could there be a chat possibility i mean on the lower seeing where the numbers are coming from and if you know of it being blown out of proportion. well i don't i think it may be was blown

cyber command, general keith alexander.efore the senate adjourned for summer recess, members spent the last several weeks debating cybersecurity legislation, but the parties fail to reach agreement on language to the bill. the measure would create security standards for computers that run the nation's critical infrastructure, including transportation, water systems, and the electrical grid. for more on where the bill stands we spoke with a capitol hill reporter. >> tim starks of "congressional quarterly," cybersecurity legislation stalled in the senate but they feel to advance and just before they broke for the august recess, what happened? >> a few things happen. there was a dispute over the substance of the cybersecurity bill, but also the process, how they would go about getting it through. the substance complaints are primarily from gop members who think that the bill, the government gets a little too involved and businesses that own these very important computer networks that are tied to things like the electricity gri

general keith alexander, chief of the u.s. cyber command, described the loss of information and intellectual property and just plain money through cyber theft as -- quote -- "the greatest transfer of wealth in history." that's going on. we're also under cyber attack by enemies that are probing the control systems, cyber control systems that control not the mom and pop businesses at home, not the internet systems over which sko -- so many of us shop these days, but the cyber systems which control the electric supply, that control all of our financial transactions, large and small, that control our transportation system, our telecommunications system, all the things that we depend on to sustain our society and our individual lives. that's who we're talking about here, the greatest transfer of wealth in history. but our enemies are already probing those private companies, cyber systems that control that kind of critical infrastructure i've just described. there's some reason to believe that they may already, because of the vulner

in the past three days we have received letters from general keith alexander, who is the head of cyber command, as well as the chief of the national security agency; from the secretary of homeland security; and from the joint -- chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, urging us to act immediately on this important legislation. let me just read briefly from all three of these letters. general alexander said the following: "i'm writing to express my strong support for passage of a comprehensive bipartisan cybersecurity bill by the senate this week. the cyber threat facing the nation is real and demands immediate action. the time to act is now. we simply cannot afford further delay." that's what general alexander has told us. secretary napolitano wrote to us: "i'm writing to express my strong support for s. 3414, the cybersecurity act of 2012. i can think of no more pressing legislative need in our current threat environment." the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general demsey, wrote the following: "i am writing to add my voice to general alexander's and urge immediate passage of co

general keith alexander head of the u.s. cybercommand spoke this week in an armed forces electronics conference. general alexander was also at the national security agency director and chief of the central security service and said the u.s. has to create an environment for government and industry to share information on malicious cyberspace operations. from the tech that land forces conference at the baltimore convention center, this is 45 minutes. >> please welcome to the stage lieutenant general retired, vice president and -- international. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, we know it's a joint conference i'm going to give you a big hurrah for the marine corps and again as we take a look at where we are today, we started off with the senator, senator barbara mikulski from the great state of maryland. she gave a very powerful welcome to those of you for were here you would second that. and others who missed it you missed an opportunity to hear somebody who really is very interested in the subject of this conference and also to tak

[cheers and applause] >> general keith alexander, head of the u.s. cybercommand spoke to seek an armed forces electronics conference. china alexander, is also the national security agency are an security service said the u.s. has to create an environment for government and industry to share information on malicious cyberspace operations. from the lan for us conference at the baltimore center, this is 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> please welcome to the stage, china generally tired, vice president, afcea international. >> ladies and gentlemen, we know it's a joint conference. bigger around for the marine corps and as we take a look at where we are today, we started off with the senator, senator barbara mikulski from the great state of maryland. she gave a very powerful welcome. for those of you who are here, your second night and others who mistakenly missed an opportunity to hear someone who is very coming very interested in the subject of this conference. and also, take care of men and women in uniform and those who support them military a

tuesday, the armed forces communications and electronics association hosted a discussion with keith alexander, the commander of cyber command. he says the government and industry need to work together to share information on a malicious software and fiber operations. from the baltimore convention center, this is about 45 minutes. >> please welcome to the stage, lieutenant general retired [no audio[inaudible] >> ladies and gentlemen, we know it is a joint conference. the rate for the marine corps. as we take a look get where we are today, we started off with a senator, senator mikulski from the great state of maryland. she gave a very powerful welcome to those of you who are here. for those who missed it, you missed an opportunity to hear someone who is very, very interested in the subject of this conference as well as taking care of men and women in uniform and those who support them, military civilians. we had colonel chris howard and a commander. general hernandez is with the chief of staff of the army and will return to be luncheon speaker on thursday. the panel you just heard under the tu

and, of course, the general with the most responsibility is general keith alexander the head of cyber command and the head of the national security agency. he has written to us over and over again. he's testified and just this week, he wrote to say that the cyber threat facing our nation is real and demand immediate action. the time to act is now, we simply cannot not afford further delay. secretary of homeland security janet napolitano wrote to us to say that the threat of a cyber attack with catastrophic consequence is the greatest threat that we fashion -- face. how can the senate ignore he's repeated warnings from the experts of how at risk our national security, our economic prosperity, and indeed our american way of life is. it just incomprehensible to me that we would not proceed to the bill. there certainly is plenty of blame to go around, but i believe with good faith on both sides we could have completed action on this issue. and let me just close by saying that i have been working on homeland security issues for more than a decade. i cannot think of another area where the t

just last week, general keith alexander, the chief of the united states cyber command and director of the national security agency, said that intrusions on our essential infrastructure have increased 17-fold. let me repeat that. 17-fold between the years 2009 and 2011. and that it's only a matter of time before physical damage will result. and he has -- and i'm going to quote him -- said that "the loss of intellectual property, putting aside the physical threat, taking only the economic damage, is -- quote --"the greatest transfer of wealth in history." we are permitting with immunity -- impunity, the greatest transfer of wealth in history from the united states of america to add ver seardz -- adversaries abrought, to companies overseas when when at a time when every member of this body says our priority should be jobs and protecting the economy of this country. it is an economic issue, not just a national security issue. in fact, cybersecurity is national security. and the united states is under attack literally every day. general alexander described 200 attacks on critical infrastru