host: linda robinson is our guest.will put the numbers on the screen. 202-585-3881 for republicans. 202-585-3880 for democrats. 202-585-3882 for independents. if you are a current or former member of special operations, would like to talk with you as well, 202-585-3883. you can also participate via twitter or e-mail. twitter.com/cspanwj. you caught the future of american warfare -- you call it the future of american warfare. i want to go through a couple of tweets. in recruiting the locals, the partners. guest: this was an incredibly successful venture in afghanistan. it grew to over 25,000 civilian volunteers in the civil defense exercise. it did hearken back to an effort undertaken in the vietnam war which recruited 50,000 mostly high lands, they use it to secure the central high lands and other tribesmen. this was something that they fanned out into the villages where the insurgents were the strongest. i found as i traveled around and focused on three provinces because i wanted to keep going back to the same place.

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we will be joined by linda robinson for the rand corporation. the bureau of economic analysis, we will talk about american spending habits and how they have evolved since the 2008 recession. airs at us --rnal at 8:30 eastern on c-span. c-span's 2013ng year and review. leaked documents by edward unveiled asnowden widespread vacuuming of data communications. in june of 2013, diane feinstein, chairman of the tenant intelligence committee spoke with reporters following a reefing on the collecting of verizon phone records. she says the u.s. has to look for a way to get intelligence that is operable and kim urban plot against americans. >> first of all, i really think that protecting the nation is important. secondly, protecting the nation within the principles of this great democracy and this great constitution is also important. now, the metadata is not constitutionally guaranteed to be first amendment material. the supreme court has passed on that. but having said that, we have got to examine ways to be able to get data, to get intelligence that is