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The law relates to these developments that we see with these large companies. i dont mean to cast aspersions on any particular company or executive. >> well, and i think for many of us, if youre looking at a merger and they cannot prove the efficiencies and cannot prove there will be increased competition, then it does raise some questions as to how those would be evaluated. let me go to one other issue thats developing on this privacy front. it is a data privacy problem that i dont think a lot ...

Off that position. that said, he does want to reassure the country, i think its gotten through to him that his typically obama distanced, cool response to these things which thats just the way he is, has left some in the country feeling unsafe. they want the president to speak more directly to them, to show that he personally is on top of these things. its a kind of atmosphere this white house has not always been good at managing. they are trying to get it better. >> ari melber, what about the p...

Policing their own platforms. i dont think theres real consensus on that or at least not as far as any kind of government mandate on the tech companies. we obviously want to make sure what were doing is productive and gives the technology sector the right incentives. we dont want to disincentivize them from looking because they feel theyre liable if they look and see and they dont report. thats a tough issue. the other issue is the encryption issue -- and that is the encryption of the device its...

Security measures to avoid detection and impede any investigation. what can you share with us about that? >> one of the things we know is that isil is very good at propaganda. anyone that has ever taken a look at isil inspired magazine called "inspire" which lays out both trade craft, ability to make bombs. this is a very sophisticated organization. and part of the way we have to counter this threat is by making sure that folks in the community are willing to step forward. if they see something ...

>> great, im glad theyre being proactive about it because this is an additional area that we need to strike at to effectively combat this ideology and debilitate them in terms of their ability to recruit young people who are, easily influenced and can be easily radicalized. even when you have twitter and facebook cooperating and taking one of these sites down 20 minutes later, another site is up. and they are very proficient at having their social media footprint out there. every time we take on...

Actions. it is difficult, i think, for some of the platforms, like twitter. has a challenge because of the way its medium is used. we can always encourage and must encourage all the companies to do more. indeed, were having a broad debate on the encryption issue, as well. we do have a significant number of people that have been radicalized in the united states by watching this social media campaign. then you have another category, as you say, that may be sympathizers, but may not have crossed th...

He ought to go to his partners and talk to them on the encryption issue. >> those are the ones that can help us. we have the best experts at that in the world. why cant they help us tap into these networks? theres something we like to believe that we have some special magic that might protect us. notwithstanding 9/11, some special magic that might enough out these plots before they happen. is that truesome >> look, we have the best capability in the world, but unfortunately, when all youre playi...