New initiatives you have put in place with him are what he described to congress recently as 40 new cyber team is working under cyber command, which is the military side of his job. He said 27 of them more for defense. 13 were for office. He said 27 of them were for defense. 13 were for office. This comes before we even have a general discussion about whether you want the department of defense in the business of cyber office. Cybers about what these teams are supposed to do, what their mission is, how much all of this costs, whether it is expensive or inexpensive compared to the other things you are doing, and how you get the conversation going on offense of cyber. Very important. I divide the mission of cyber of in the department of defense into three pieces. The first and most important piece for us is to defend our own networks, the integrity of our own networks, because everything we do depends upon the use of Information Systems, including ones connected to the internet. 10 years
Lecturer at the university of californiaberkeley on media consultant, lecturer at the university of californiaberkeley on media economics. Also joining us from our new york studio is edmund lee, the media reporter for bloomberg news. Mr. Lee, if we could start with you. How big a deal is this sale . In secularig deal terms, at least. In terms of numbers and finance, 250 million is not a lot of money. Compared to other media deals, it is pretty small. It is more the fact that it is the Washington Post, the storied newspaper. And jeff bezos, on the other side of the country, who is a wellknown internet billionaire. Despite the fact that he tends to be press shy. It is the secular interest of the big names behind it. Interest in this deal outside of washington and outside of media circles . I think the fact that there are probably almost everyone at this country has come across amazon, bought something, or been aware of it will get main streets attention. The focus is the power centers. M