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The way they perhaps wouldnt have been able to 10, 15 years ago? >> well, it certainly has dramatically changed the way that people can communicate with one another, rally one another, to common objectives. its been interesting to see how the social media tools like twitter and facebook have been used differently in different con texts. in egypt, tunisia, they were powerful organizing tools for those who were championing change and democracy. in libya, seems that the opposition has coalesced wit...

>> what do you think where we have young, educated people using twitter and social networking means to spread the message from these countries in the way they perhaps wouldnt have been able to 10, 15 years ago? >> well, it certainly has dramatically changed the way that people can communicate with one another, rally one another, to common objectives. its been interesting to see how the social media tools like twitter and facebook have been used differently in different con texts. in egypt, tunis...

That people can communicate with one another, rally one another, to common objectives. its been interesting to see how the social media tools like twitter and facebook have been used differently in different con texts. in egypt, tunisia, they were powerful organizing tools for those who were championing change and democracy. in libya, seems that the opposition has coalesced without much reliance on those tools. were seeing different -- different models and different experiences and different pla...