ms. mitchell: how you win the war of ideas? i've covered the state department and watched democratic and republican administrations, secretaries of state, of all descriptions unable to use our public diplomacy in a truly effective way against this kind of propaganda. isis is so much more adept at social media than anything we have able unable to do -- then able to do. rep. mccaul: we have a new generation of terrorists that are very effective on the internet that have radicalized enough people to recruit 40,000 jihadists into iraq and syria, the largest convergence in history. now they do the external operations, same with northern africa. we have to counter that message. some private companies, google, facebook, they are stepping up to the plate to counter the message. i think the united states government could do a more effective job leveraging the local communities. at the end of the day, these are sunni arab communities, they need to step up to the plate and protect their own backyard and protect their own religion. it's im

ms. mitchell: and listen to him? mr. goodlatte: and listen to him and follow their advice and exercise good leadership. ms. mitchell: more questions. yes, sir. >> i'm mark with the electronic privacy information center. and i want to thank you for raising the opium data breach and, mr. goodlatte, for your leadership. it seems part of the cybersecurity threat facing the united states is not only the vulnerability of government agencies and u.s. business but actually the personal data of u.s. consumers and u.s. citizens that's being stored by these large organizations. and americans seem to reflect a common concern that a lot of the data about them is not receiving adequate protection. so my question is simply this. to what extent do you think data protection should be an issue in this election season? mr. goodlatte: well, i very much believe it should be and is an issue in this election, and i think that's driven primarily not by government, not by business but by individuals who understand that the way their information

ms. mitchell: and listen to them? mr.dlatte: and listen to him and follow their advice and exercise good leadership. ms. mitchell: more questions. yes, sir. >> i'm mark with the electronic privacy information center. and i want to thank you for raising the issue of the opium data breach and, mr. goodlatte, for your leadership on the encryption issue. it seems part of the cybersecurity threat facing the united states is not only the vulnerability of government agencies and u.s. business but actually the personal data of u.s. consumers and u.s. citizens being stored by these large organizations. and americans seem to reflect a they are notn that receiving adequate protection. so my question is simply this. to what extent do you think data protection should be an issue in this election season? mr. goodlatte: well, i very much believe it should be and is an issue in this election, and i think that's driven primarily not by government, not by business but by individuals who understand that the way their information is stored a

ms. mitchell: how you win the war of ideas?ve covered the state department and watched democratic and republican administrations, secretaries of state, of all descriptions unable to use our public diplomacy in a truly effective