host: nancy scola?is well, i think interesting to think about the counter example of attacking applauding the united states on facebook and we do not track that. you can see the criticism of the government that has lagged behind technologically, the whole world discussing things on facebook and twitter, and we are not paying attention. i could certainly see their perspective of a smart, savvy government will use the data to fulfill its mission of protecting its people. but it brings up one thing that is interesting in some of this stuff, too will stop there was an inspector general report in 2009 from the nsa saying that part of this is so much about internet traffic and phone passing through the united states from the whole world. ofhave a lot of the backbone the infrastructure and that sort of thing. for the internet, it is the historical first mover advantage , that we foster the internet and for various reasons -- our economy, commerce -- a lot of tech companies have set up in the united states. we

. >> on the next "washington journal" nancy scola looks at the use of big data. then retired lieutenant general discusses military leaders for kids which examines the possible benefits of the obama administration's proposed prekindergarten early education program. fter that, paul kearn of the bureau of economic analysis talks about how much americans and foreign visitors to the united states spend in travel and tourism. plus your emails, phone calls and tweets. washington journal is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, a discussion on how the definition of citizenship in america has changed over the decades. panelists talk about citizenship and how it relates to political engagement, community service. from the aspen institute, it's an hour. >> good afternoon, everybody. welcome. thank you so much for joining us for this wonderful conversation. my name is eric. i'm a founder and an author. i'm going to be serving as our moderator today. one of our panelists, mickey edwards, was not able to be with us. we will channel mickey the best we can. wan