was the suicide room, and when i mentioned that to the publisher she said, that is just a terrific title, and then she said, are you trying to put us out of business? and i said, i d read that book, and she said, that s really not the right title for this book, and we sat and batted it around and there is something about this phrase. i was worried because it would it would come across as judgmental in some way or people would see it as almost bitterly ironic, and that wasn t the intention. it s a much simpler meaning which comes down to and this is what i got comfortable with finally. if you read the book and if you get to know these people inside the book and hear their stories, you ll have a better sense. if you say this ubiquitous phrase, thank you for your service you ll have a much clearer idea of who we are thanking and what you re thanking them for. and so that seemed to be a good title at that point. brian: how many of the people you re writing about in
extremists use social media, and what is being done about it. washington journal talks with a federal official who wrote a book about it. host: we continue our authors series, welcoming haroon ullah. his book was published in october called, digital world war: islamists, extremists, and the fight for cyber supremacy. ullah, before we get into the fight for the digital battlefield first define some , terms for us, especially the important distinction you make in the title and throughout the book about islamists and extremists. between islamists and extremists. dr. ullah: thank you i am , thrilled to be here to talk to you about something i m passionate about. part of it is that i think islamists, when you think distinguished from extremists you look on a couple of different dimensions. do they play by the rules of the game? what did they say publicly about the constitution? do they use extra electoral means with votes or trying to run for office? the big one is do they use
representatives of the auto industry and an environmental group testified. good morning. the joint subcommittee will now come to order. the chair to recognize himself for fibers for an opening statement. good morning. i would like to think i witnesses for with us this morning. today we are here to discuss with stakeholders the corporate average fuel economy program, or cafe, at the national highway transportation safety administration, and the greenhouse gas emissions standards at the u.s. environmental protection agency that govern fuel economy standards. nhtsa s cafe program was established by congress in 1975. the goals of the program are to improve vehicle fuel economy, reduce oil consumption, and secure the nation s energy independence. the cafe program has undergone major changes and modifications in the past four decades, both because of political and economic forces. less than 10 years ago, and on top of the cafe program, the epa standards were created to incentiviz
no, it is not. i borrow that title. i read that book, the third wave, in 1980, and i was mesmerized by the agricultural revolution followed by the industrial revolution. he was protecting the technology revolution, what we now know as the internet. i knew that is what i wanted to do. it took me time to get into that world. when i decided to write a book, i borrowed that title. thankfully it was still alive. he provided a blurb for the book. what are your three waves? i focus on the internet. it is really two of the waves that we have seen and one wave that is coming. the first wave, getting america online, getting the world online. back in 1985, only 32% of people were online 3% of people were online. they were only online one hour a week. when we said we wanted to create a connected world, we knew it was going to be tough. it took us a decade. in the first wave no one knew or cared about the internet. by the end 2000, everybody was of it 2000, everybody was connected
different directions. do they play by the rules of the game? do they use extra electoral means when they are trying to win votes? the big one is do they use violence? do they think violence is a legitimate way in terms of communicating and achieving their goal. i think you will find by and large that islamists have a foundation it is a religious orthodoxy but plays within the current mandate. extremists have a different game. they want to use violence. their aims are very. steve: how do islamists used digital that field here. what are the goals of these kinds of group? guest: let s take islamists first. they are interested in audience segmentation. often times, they have been historically not as influential. they see this information battlefield as a new arena. want to recruit people, to raise money for the political party, they think of them sometime in a pan arab identity. they want to recruit people with no borders. extremists are different. they use things like lacks