the cia and fbi and nsa and all the other agencies. it took me about a year to complete a decent catalogue of the government entities and corporate entities that work in this world. >> narrator: they discovered they were the only people in the country collecting such detailed information. the only way they could verify any of it was to go there in person, hundreds of secret locations hiding in plain sight in office parks. >> priest: this is a gate to... to the nsa? >> lane: there's a government facility back in there. you'll see it better after we turn down this road. >> narrator: inside buildings like these, they launch drone strikes, gather and spread secret information, engage in cyber conflict. >> lane: you've got titan in here. csc is in one of these buildings. general dynamics. >> priest: so you really have the big mega-firms, the giants of this whole industry here: northrup grumman, boeing... >> lane: with a security station here at the front where they... they check out the cars and look underneath. >> priest: yeah, that... so

l, that led to a meeting in my office where mike came then, there ahead of that nsa and later cia and the three of us talked.ld d there were things nsa thought they could do if theydi had additional authority. tied to it that proposal and went to see the president and he signed up to it with the caveat to make certain he personally approved its each step of the way and they had tohe come back in four approvals on a regular for basis. would be merged out of that is significantly enhanced capacity to intercept communications originate outside the united- states often what we refer to as a dirty number. h a computer or a rolodex andg you want to know who he was talking to and the - safeguards and of the fact every 300 or 45 days the director of the cia and the nsa all had to sign off on continuing the program.t it was not renewedha automatically they all had to say in writing to the president if we should continue the program for the standpoint of the nation's t security. the attorney general had to sign off. and then responsible for carrying that around he would a get to the end then th

that led to a meeting in my office as i recall, where mike came in and generally and the head of nsa and later the head of the cia and george tenet, the three of us talked. there were things that nsa thought they could do if they had -- and so i took that package and that her puzzle and went to see the president. i sat down and went through it with him, and he signed up to it, but with the caveat that it was very carefully manage. he wanted to make certain he purse -- personally approved it each step of the way and that they had to come and back for approval on a regular basis. what emerged out of that was a significantly enhanced capacity for us to be able to intercept communications originating outside of the united states possibly from what we referred to as a dirty number. hugh capture al qaeda, he has a computer and a rolodex or whatever it is. he has his group of phone numbers on it and he wanted to know who he was talking to in the united states for example. and, the safeguards that we built into them and the direction of the president involved the fact that every 30 or 45 day

, later head of the cia, and george tenet, and the three of us talked, and there were things that nsa thought they could do if they had additional authority. and i took that package, that proposal, basically, and went to see the president, and set down and went through it with him, and he signed up to it, but with a caveat that he wanted it very, very carefully managed. he wanted to make certain he personally approved it each step of the way and they had to come in for approval on a regular basis. what emerged out of that was a significantly enhanced capacity for us to be able to intercept communications only -- originating out the united states, possibly what we referred to as a dirty number. you capture an al qaeda type. he's got a computer or role odesk or whatever it is, his group of phone numbers, and you wanted to know who he was talking to in the united states, for example. and the safeguards we built into it at the direction of the president, involved the fact that every 30 or 45 days -- varied from time to time -- the secretary of defense and the director of the cia and the n

>> guest: the nsa, largest spy agency and the government offered its archives on terrorism, al qaeda.most of the raw material used in the federal government on terrorism, use to detect terrorist threats comes from the nsa supply satellites and eavesdropping, offered up its archives to the 9/11 commission. for a variety of reasons the 9/11 commission didn't seem terribly interested in going to read through. it may have something to do with the fact that fort meade is further out of town that langley, virginia where the cia is located. one staff member volubly tries to do this herself. she knows how valuable those archives are and she takes on the responsibility of trying to review this huge archive all by herself and towards the end of the investigation she finds some explosive material in the archives and she let her colleagues and they have this weekend trip to fort meade to find what they missed but in many ways it is too late. >> host: this material is about iran and the connections between some of the hijackers and at least transit points through iran. what did that possibly sugge

but i would also tell you that were not for nsa, it would not have happened. it is a great example of integration, where the sum is greater than the parts. i am happy to tell you that this sort of integration is becoming more and more routine. we dwell on things here in the beltway, but if you go out to the pointy end of the stick, intelligence integration has become the standard. in the last month and a half, i visited five embassies in delhi, islamabad, couple, and bangkok -- kabul and bangkok. i have been impressed with the roles that chiefs of station played. they are the leaders of intelligence contingents in these agencies. you will find several of the organizations represented at these embassies. two ambassadors of the five, without prompting on my part, mentioned what impact that has had of having a designated leader for intelligence matters at each embassy. the ubl takedown is a visible, dramatic example of this. but i think this kind of goes on a lot. so let me close on it perhaps sobering, but realistic note. that is that despite all we have done in

nsa picked up chatter or conversations from al qaeda or other groups in pakistan, afghanistan area.ut they also had apparently a tip from someone who knew or heard of the conspirators and heard of the plan. so putting the two together, human jenls and technical intelligence, we apparently have at least leads on those who may be threatening either washington or new york this weekend. >> let me bring in governor rendell on that. i guess that comes down to hunches and instinct and not just the data, but it looks to me, we must be getting pretty good at reading the chatter i would think. they were able to say it might be bridges and tunnels and you immediately think of the lincoln tunnel. >> i think governor thompson is exactly right. the improvement here has been as dramatic as improvement anywhere. the walls have come down, the technology is better, we've made more in roads among people who tip us off. so we are significantly safer than we once were. >> i noticed that mayor bloomberg was taking the subway the other way as a way of putting it in perspective. but at the same time, you t

and there were things that, that nsa thought they could do if they had additional authority. and i took that package, that proposal basically and went to see the president, sat down and went through it with him. he signed up to it, but with a caveat that he wanted it very, very carefully managed, he wanted to make certain that he personally approved it, each step of the way, and that they had to come back in for approval on a regular basis. what emerged out of that was significantly enhanced capacity for us to be able to intercept, um, communications originating outside the united states possibly from what we've referred to as a dirty number. you capture an al-qaeda type, he's got a computer, a rolodex, whatever it is, he's got his group of phone numbers on, and you want today know who he was -- wanted to know who he was talking to in the united states, for example. and the safeguards that we built into it at the direction of the president involved, um, the fact that every, i think it was every 30 or 45 days it, excuse me, varied from time to time. the, i think the secretary

can begin to nsa. now whether the government encourages that through the universities and backs it up and is just a recipient of whatever goods come from that, or they don't necessarily have to work for the government said there are different levels of the proxy's. but the key to that is leveraging through diplomacy, hopefully before any military engagement with the states to get an understanding of what is acceptable behavior from the state whether it is from the student body private companies or indigenous what is acceptable in the state's responsibility to make sure no other territory or state is harmed. >> while we are doing the diplomacy, we need to remember that in the part of the warfare for the economic competition the weapons in the next and we are we behind. the colleges aren't teaching people how to defend computers or new techniques, they aren't teaching the basics, middle schools aren't teaching programming. we are so far off the path we do have what is called the u.s. cyber challenge whic

parts of the nsa that chains schematically in order to help that fight, target individuals. special operations, you know, within the military. >> host: some of the things you criticize most, like the interrogation of detainees was credited by obama administration officials like director panetta at the cia was seventh produced the crucial information that allowed us to fight terrorist include terrorists. >> guest: i don't think the record shows that panetta said that water boarding people or harsh interrogations' did that, and i think that -- and that is a great. >> host: i believe actually he did say that. >> guest: interrogations'. >> host: he was asked about the enhanced interrogations' and he said that, yes, what we learned -- i think perhaps you mentioned -- >> guest: let's say he did and you are right. i would -- there are so many differences in things to talk about there, one of which is the cost, the trade-off between doing something like that and the larger trade off with our reputation, with weather that created more terrorists and not, and i also think that there w

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. >> the intelligence there has time and time again extraordinary work done by the c.i.a., the nsa and our agencies, the fbi has stopped those attacks in their tracks, either bybyactions overseas or things here. >> and most importantly, commander in chief barack obama carried out an operation in may that killed osama bin laden, the mastermind and underwriter behind the 9/11 attacks and other terrorist horrors. without bin laden, and with the recent killing of al rahman, his second in command, al-qaeda now its two top leaders. question, is president obama carrying on the bush-cheney war in every way except calling it bush-cheney? pat buchanan? >> yes, and he's been i have' good commander in chief, he's took down osama bin laden and kept guantanamo open. al-qaeda's being decimated and decapitated in afghanistan and pakistan, due to the president in part drone attacks. that is the good side. the tough side is this, john -- the zone attacks are during a lot of collateral damage, they're expanding the universe and the hatred of the united states in that area, and they're creating a larger p

that is working day in you hs, nsa, cia and other compartments. try to stay as flat as we can be, but given the threats come with how to develop new organizational structures to address. >> in hindsight what that information, would it have been more efficient model utilizing the terrorism center for that effort? >> the counterterrorism center is analytical. will we provide is the immediate response to lead anyplace in the country. the threats such as last week, we agents following up on aspects that lead in every one of the states in the country. it's a combination of the analytical capability along with the ability of the operational ability to go and pursue that lead, interview peoplecome into wires where appropriate and court orders, to do surveillance is around the country, to do the forensic work, which provides you the intelligence, which is absolutely essential to bring to bear. nctc has none of those capabilities. >> obviously one of the tasks of the department is response to a terrorism attack. you can take a look at the earthquake here i

certification facility and others we have worked with the dod on our ability to use some of the assets of the nsand under appropriate circumstances but for the whole cyber arena from the dhs perspective is going to be a growth area and the information sharing with the private sector particularly political infrastructure aspects of the private sector will be the key for us and as the director said getting information that in a timely fashion and all of this needs to move very, very quickly. >> finally, i want to touch on the decision to make public the threat of the last weekend. the sergeant-at-arms sent out an e-mail message to i believe all employees of the senate as well as to all senators in which he talks about the announcement and says the announcement was, quote, well intentioned, perhaps helpful but not very well coordinated. this obviously worries me because the sergeant-at-arms is a key player when it comes to protecting the washington, d.c. area. we followed up with the sergeant-at-arms and first let me say that he said coordination is 100% better than it used to be. the fbi's local of

days -- it varied from time to time -- i think the secretary of defense, the director of the cia and nsa all had to sign off on continuing the program. it did not get renewed automatically. they all had a say in writing to the president if they thought we should continue the program from the standpoint of the nation's security, etc. the attorney-general had to sign off on it. all of that then went to the president. the president, once he had received input from his senior advisers, he would sign off and extend the program for another 30 or 45 days. that is the way we operate it for years. i briefed key members of congress. i had the chairman and ranking member of the house and senate intelligence committees come down every couple of months to my office, and mike hayden would come in and then george tenet. we would brief the key for -- four members of congress who had jurisdiction in this area over what we were doing and what kind of result that was producing, so they were wired in from the beginning. later on, some controversy arose inside the program with the justice department. we expa

as terrorists operational security practices have become increasingly sophisticated, nsa is adapting to address use of the latest technologies while taking great care to protect the civil lib ireties of americans. the department of homeland security established a component and strengthened ties to state, local, and tribal authorities to ensure they can identify vulnerabilities and respond to threats. the defense intelligence agency established the joint task force combating terrorism to better protect the force protection requirements of the department of defense and the war fighting combat and commands. the national geospace intelligence agency worked to embed analysts and capabilities with its counterterrorism mission partners in the field and in the national community. i want particularly to note the role of the national counterterrorism center, serving as the center for integration of all counterterrorism intelligence except intelligence pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorism. 234 this role, they bring intelligence and homeland security elements together daily to exchange i

that is working day in you hs, nsa, cia and other compartments. we try to stay as flat as we can be, but given the threats come with how to develop new organizational structures to address. >> in hindsight what that information, would it have been more efficient model utilizing the terrorism center for that effort? >> the counterterrorism center is analytical. will we provide is the immediate response to leadnyplace in the country. the threats such as last week, we agents following up on aspects that lead in every one of the states in the country. it's a combination of the anatical capability along with the ability of the operational ability to go and pursue that ad, interview peoplecome into wires where appropriate and court orders, to do surveillance is around the country, to do the forensic work, which provides you the intelligence, which is absolutely essential to bring to bear. nctc has none of those capabilities. >> obviously one of the tasks of the department is response to a terrorism attack. you can take a look at the earthquake here in d

that is working day in you hs, nsa, cia and other compartments. we try to stay as flat as we can be, but given the threats come with how to develop new organizational structures to address. >> in hindsight what that information, would it have been more efficient model utilizing the terrorism center for that effort? >> the counterterrorism center is analytical. will we provide is the immediate response to lead anyplace in the country. the threats such as last week, we agents following up on aspects that lead in every one of the states in the country. it's a combination of the analytical capability along with the ability of the operational ability to go and pursue that lead, interview peoplecome into wires where appropriate and court orders, to do surveillance is around the country, to do the forensic work, which provides you the intelligence, which is absolutely essential to bring to bear. nctc has none of those capabilities. >> obviously one of the tasks of the department is response to a terrorism attack. you can take a look at the earthquake her

now, the nsa was recording these calls and monitoring who is calling you and they didn't get the information to the fbi. the cia didn't give it to the fbi. if you have a map of al qaeda, largely drawn from the telephone number, imagine drawing eight lines from yemen to san diego in january 2000. how obvious would it be? >> host: he was going back and forth getting new visas. >> guest: he pressured the muscle hijackers then it became one of the 9/11 nurse. >> host: one less scared are missing from the book. the religion of islam. it is so disturbing as they read this and the most recent article in "the new yorker," to see what is rather smallish group of people have done to their faith. and for someone who has lived in egypt and saudi arabia, friends everywhere. that's a painful story for muslims to see people debating the degree of savagery that is important, this colt is no longer their religion has come to define it. talk to me as we close out. >> guest: well, as long as in a period of introspection. relations change over time. christianity is certainly not the same as it was during the in

the line of responsibility between nsa and dhs is not all that clear to me, but i think it's moving, although not as fast as i would like. the type knowledge he expertise on this within the government so far as i now come to rest with the nsa. and they are developing both offensive and defensive means of dealing with a cyberattack and that needs to be encouraged. i do think, and you make the point very well in your question, that we have to strengthen dhs's ability to work with the other. my judgment is that this point on my experience is the private sector is quite an evening here. there are many people in the air who are very plugged in on this and other vulnerabilities and are taking steps to deal with it and are consulting the government. but there are also many areas in the timing to be not the huge companies that are not so plugged in. and so, i think there has to be in the art as governor ridge has suggested between the terry and the government to sharpen our defenses. >> thank you. >> mr. cuellar is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i went to cheney mac

as terrorists operational security practices have become increasingly sophisticated, nsa is adapting to address use of the latest technologies while taking great care to protect the civil lib ireties of americans. the department of homeland security established a component and strengthened ties to state, local, and tribal authorities to ensure they can identify vulnerabilities and respond to threats. the defense intelligence agency established the joint task force combating terrorism to better protect the force protection requirements of the department of defense and the war fighting combat and commands. the national geospace intelligence agency worked to embed analysts and capabilities with its counterterrorism mission partners in the field and in the national community. i want particularly to note the role of the national counterterrorism center, serving as the cter for integration of all counterterrorism intelligence except intelligence pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorism. 234 this role, they bring intelligence and homeland security elements together daily to exchange inf

the plots by al qaeda and time and time again the extraordinary work by the cia, nsa and other agenciess stopped those attacks in their tracks, either by actions overseas or things here. the flip side of that, though, is when they're pumping out over the internet magazines with bomb-making instructions and tactical advice for how to do a shooting like a mumbai attack that are on the internet and that are available to millions and millions of people, some of whom may be followers, that's pretty hard to keep a thumb on. >> and john, what was the thing when you used to do your job? what was the one thing that you dreaded most? what is the doomsday event as far as intelligence operatives go when it comes to this kind of thing? >> well, i think as you said a little further back in this showing, you're always trying to outimagine the bad guys. what have they experimented with? they're experimenting cyanide bombs for the subway. flying small planes into buildings filled with explosives, they have plotted with printer bombs as we saw several months ago, truck bombs. i mean, they never stop plot

days -- it varied from time to time -- i think the secretary of defense, the director of the cia and nsantinuing the program. it did not get renewed automatically. they all had a say in writing to the president if they thought we should continue the program from the standpoint of the nation's security, etc. the attorney-general had to sign off on it. all of that then went to the president. the president, once he had received input from his senior advisers, he would sign off and extend the program for another 30 or 45 days. that is the way we operate it for years. i briefed key members of congress. i had the chairman and ranking member of the house and senate intelligence committees come down every couple of months to my office, and mike hayden would come in and then george tenet. we would brief the key for members of congress who had jurisdiction in this area over what we were doing and what kind of result that was producing, so they were wired in from the beginning. later on, some controversy arose inside the program with the justice department. we expanded that group of four into nine.

focused, highly trained skilled units within top-secret america that did that and they are the cia, the nsato dramatically help that site and target individuals . jsoc, special operations. >> host: some of the things you criticize most, like the interrogation of detainees was credited by obama administration officials like director panetta at the cia, was having produced crucial information that allowed us to fight terrorists, including to find wanted. >> guest: i don't think the record shows that panetta said waterboarding people or harsh interrogations did that. and that is a great -- >> host: i believe he did say -- i think he was asked about the enhanced interrogation and he said yes, i think perhaps you've mentioned khalid sheikh mohammed. >> guest: there are so many different eggs to talk about these, one is the trade-off into it not in a larger trade up with the reputation, whether there is a terrorist and not and i also think if there is indication that the enhanced interrogations optionally produced evidence that could be got that we couldn't seem to have the funny thing about clas

where there is a known or projected shortage and see if you can articulate what that process was, the nsa transpired there and if you have those examples now, please go ahead and give them and if not, we will accept them in writing. >> i can repeat the example we are proud to show for the first time that had to do with a life-saving drug used for acute lymphoma and it received tremendous national publicity, and the representative challenged for the cancer patients and so the fda worked with the industry on this particular drug and they found one of the issues complicating the production was the crystallization of the drug in the solution we warming it would restore the safety features that would allow infusion into patients. without collaboration between the fda and the industry that issue has been recently resolved and we are very pleased to report that. i know my colleague as other examples. >> fi would like to expand on that one because there is the before the issue of the crystals in the finals where the shortage began that it was being made a predominantly by the company's but the ma

. >> priest: and this is a gate to... to the nsa? >> there's a government facility back in there. you'll see it better after we turn down this road. obviously, i can't go that way. >> narrator: inside these buildings, nearly one million americans are fighting what has been called "the global war on terror." >> okay, you've got titan in here, csc is in one of these buildings, general dynamics. security station here in front where they check out the cars and look underneath. >> priest: so maybe you should put the camera down now. >> you just never know who's watching over here. >> narrator: slowly, they discovered a hidden world of military, government and private corporations. >> priest: all right, so can we just go over what you have? >> sure. this is the picture that i went up to that credit union place. >> priest: uh-huh. >> narrator: they documented the incredible building boom all around washington. >> had it not been for the leaves off the trees and at night, you just... you would never see this thing. >> priest: and yet it's gigantic. >> yeah. >> for the rest of my life, i w

trained, skilled units within top secret america that did that, and they are the cia, the parts of the nsa that changed dramatically in order to help that fight, in order to target individuals. jsoc, special operations, you know, within the military. >> host: some of the things you criticize most like the interrogation of detainees was credited by obama administration officials like director pennsylvania panetta at the cia having produced crucial information to fight terrorists to find bin laden. >> guest: okay, i don't think the record shows that pee -- penetta said water boarding did that. >> host: i believe actually he did say that the -- well, i think he was asked about the enhanced interrogations, and he said, yes, what we learned -- i think perhaps he mentioned mohamed. >> guest: let's say he did, there's the tradeoff of doing something like that and the larger tradeoff of our rep dation and whether that created more terrorists than not, and i also think that if there was indication that these enhanced interrogations actually produced evidence that couldn't be gotten otherwise, then

highly trained skilled units within the top-secret america that did that and they are the cia, the nsa that changed dramatically to help that fight and to target individuals, jsoc come special liberation's another tree. >> host: but some of the things that you criticize most like the interrogation of the detainees was credited by the obama administration officials like director leon panetta at the cia was having produced the crucial information that allowed us to fight terrorists -- it to define bin laden. >> guest: i don't think the record showed that leon panetta felt that waterboarding people or the harsh interrogations' did that and that is -- >> host: i believe he did say that -- i think that he was asked about the enhanced interrogations' and he said yes, what we have learned from -- i think perhaps he mentioned khalid sheikh mohammed. >> guest: let's say he did. let's say you are right there are so many different things to talk about, one which is the cost of the trade-off between doing something like that and the larger trade off with a reputation with whether that created more

whatever time it is, wherever this piece of information emanated, right now between the cia, the nsa, the odni, the dia, all of the intelligence agencies, the fbi state side are pulling out all the stops to get that corroboration and either punch this threat up so they can act against it or to knock it down so they can get back to regular business. >> fran townsend, we're told that the threat was against new york and washington, d.c. it involves potentially three individuals, one of whom may be a u.s. citizen. we don't know if they're in the country or not yet. what do you make of the detail we're hearing? do you hear any more? what do you expect from the press conference we're going to get to in a moment? >> what i've heard of the threat, i actually heard it was new york or washington. it wasn't necessarily both. they didn't rule that out. and i do think that they have been especially heightened in terms of their sensitivity to this since the raid so this is what they're doing right now is they'll also look to john miller's point at historical information. they'll go back and try to

the line of responsibility between nsa and dhs is not all that clear to me, but i think it's moving, although not as fast as i would like. the type knowledge he expertise on this within the government so far as i now come to rest with the nsa. and they are developing both offensive and defensive means of dealing with a cyberattack and that needs to be encouraged. i do think, and you make the point very well in your question, that we have to strengthen dhs's ability to work with the other. my judgment is that this point on my experience is the private sector is quite an evening here. there are many people in the air who are very plugged in on this and other vulnerabilities and are taking steps to deal with it and are consulting the government. but there are also many areas in the timing to be not the huge companies that are not so plugged in. and so, i think there has to be in the art as governor ridge has suggested between the terry and the government to sharpen our defenses. >> thank you. >> mr. cuellar is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i went to cheney mac

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the security chief, phillip as you see on the screen will oversee information security, privacy and nsa across the company sony has fallen, and stock since the pact. we'll be back after this break. @ >> pre to stillman says then he will retire from his talk show on november 18th he made that announcement on today, he announced in january he was planning to leave the show but he did not give a date. the show will continue with kenny ripple who now have to find a new coach. and katie couric will appear tonight on abc nightline herbert-- her first interview is with sarah jessica parker and katie couric is thinking what ought launching her own talk show. >> it is official this will be a murphy's first time hosting the oscar awards. he was nominated during dream girls. he said that he is honored to join the ranks of past academy awards of hosts like johnny carson, bob hope, and will be kohlberg. the awards will be held february 26th. and this is a nascar milestone, and what does maryland to win over miami last i have to do with to 49ers star players? gary is that he is up next with that stor

as terrorists operational security practices have become increasingly sophisticated, nsa is adapting to address use of the latest technologies while taking great care to protect the vil lib ireties of americans. the department of homeland security established a component and strengthened ties to state, local, and tribal authorities to ensure they can identify vulnerabilities and respond to threats. the defense intelligence agency established the joint task force combating terrorism to better protecthe force protection requirements of the department of defense and the war fighting combat and commands. the national geospace intelligence agency worked to embed analystsnd capabilities with its counterterrorism mission partners in the field and in the national community. i want particularly to note the role of the national counterterrorm center, serving as the center for integration of all counterterrorism intelligence except intelligence pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorism. 234 this role, they bring intelligence and homeland security elements together daily to exchange informati

whether we are talking about the cia, fbi, nsa through the system, local, state and federal authoritiesa real problem. since 9/11, when you talk about what had been the most impactful changes, that really has been if not number one that has been at the top three of the changes that have been taken place. the ability to get a piece of information from the field, from a source and into the hands of either the war fighter or those taking action again the enemy. >> what are the top couple of things that you think we have done right? >> since that day, the three most important and most impactful decisions made, one was going straight into afghanistan. the decision by president bush's administration to route al-qaeda to remove the able they had, prior to 9/11, to sit in a permanent facility to plan, train, recruit and finance an operation like 9/11. doing that was an incredibly important decision. probably number two would be fresno -- would be president obama's cision to significantly ramp up the drone program. the drone program initiated during the bush administration has had an enormous im

. >> nsa is a powerful actor here, because of their technological skills. they have to develop both offensive and defensive approaches to dealing with cyber attacks. you saw in the paper yesterday about the north koreans. it is thought that they have made a cyber attacks on the banks in south korea. we have to develop a set of tools that not only protect government, but protect the private sector. therefore, you have to have a lot of interaction, if you will, with the private sector. so much of our vulnerability to cyber attacks is in the private sector, not controlled by government. an awful lot of work needs to be done and is beginning to be done, but we have a long way to go. >> on the one hand, you look at the threat and how it is being met -- totally decentralized. the chinese are doing it through their technological universities. 17-year-old said 18-year-old being paid $17 a week to come up with different approaches to hacking, coordinated by the pla. and you look at the way we're starting to respond, which is to create a big ponderous bureaucracy wit

frankly we have to thank first and foremost everything at the -- the cry, the military, the fbi, the nsa, all those people at the very front edge of this effort work constantly. if you argue that, you know, it's just happen assistance that we haven't been attacked over the past ten year, you're basically saying it's down to luck but it's not. we know there have been plots, numerous plots, identified, disrupted, prevented, as a result of all the work that goes on constantly off the radar screen. bill: let's make two quick points here, an a.p. poll came out recently, one third of americans asked if they think their family members could be or would be a victim of a terrorist attack, they also asked this question, is it necessary to sacrifice rights and freedoms, civil liberties, to fight terrorism. 64 percent say sometimes. if you read deeper into that poll, by a large number, americans favor wiretapping overseas or watching the enemy not in this country, but when it comes to watching things that's happening within our own borders, they get very hesitant. do you understand that? >> yes i do