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So it seems only a matter of time until the state pressed it into service to locate its enemies. joining me now is bruce snyder, security expert, author, and also the chief security technologist for bt group a security provider. and colleen taylor, a reporter for tech crunch and tech crunch tv. i want to start on this point, i talked to gren greenwald around the beginning, because i think because of whats surprising about these revelations and was true about the warrantless wiretapping und cert ...

Reportedly examining how snowden as a federal contractor in hawaii, had access to such sensitive information. some in washington are questioning whether the government relies too much on contractors and one security expert says a government worker could have just as easily leaked this information. >> contractors exist for a lot of reasons. if you have a limited budget under sequester you cant hire people for ten years. you dont know if the money is there. so you hire people under a shorter term ...

It was very frightening i would say. >> i can imagine that you are still very shaken up by the experience, and i am glad you are okay and thank you for talking to us this morning, we appreciate it. >> yes, you are welcome. thank you. >> thank you. president obama says we need to compromise security for privacy. we will talk to the security expert about the government-tracking phone calls to find out what is really going on. well be right back. cs, you kno. i got this. [thinking] is it that tim...

Board made up of government and civilian experts was given to "the washington post." the report doesnt accuse china of stealing entire designs, but if they didnt steal them, how did they compromise them? we spoke with a top security expert that did a report earlier on chinese military hackers. >> bits and pieces taken from many different sources, different laptops and computer systems that have been compromised. it is hard to take these pieces and gel them into one comprehensive picture of what ...

>> how about more hicks mr. hicks, do you agree with the recommendation? >> im not a security expert. im a diplomat, but i support every improvement that can be possibly made to improve our security overseas including increasing the training of our personnel. >> i thank the gentleman. i would also thank the gentleman from missouri were. you here on october 10th when the person that had those request forces additional security said money was not a factor, charlene lamb. do you remember her? >> i ...

Today at the madrid people used two fingers to form a lower case "b" in solidarity with boston. security was beefed up at both the madrid and oklahoma marathons today. and with the anxiety of another attack still fresh in the minds of americans, how might security change at major u.s. events? cnns nick valencia talked with a security expert. >> reporter: almost two week since the boston bombings a new gallup poll reports half of americans believe a terrorist attack on the united states could b...

>> our neighbors to the north facing a terror plot that could have gone south. canadian officials detailing that they uncovered a plot intended to kill hundreds of canadian and american commuters by blowing up a bridge, and while its not connected to boston, security expert says its a reminder of the constant threats we face. they say not connected but theyre talking about al qaeda influences here in the canadian case. what are we to make of this? >> ever since 9/11 theres been a drum beat and a...

Snipeing has ensued about what the government knew and when about the culprits behind this attack, whether local authorities in boston should have given the all clear when minutes later, there was a shootout in watertown. as a bostonnian yourself, what do you think of all that, just how local officials responded, whether they, you know, blew the relief whistle a little too early last night, everything ended up okay, but it could have gone the other way. >> im not a security expert, so i cant com...

Las vegas up 6.3%. at the end of the day, jon, we havent recovered to the peaks of the housing market in 2006 but prices going up gets you there. the question is how long? some people say it could take ten or 20 years. jon: wow, ten or 20 years? >> reporter: to get back to the peak. jon: adam shapiro thank you. jenna: well, right now in boston a memorial service underway honoring the victims it of the marathon terror attacks. it is being held at a cathedral in bostons south end just about a mile...

I understand whats going on. so for me i can be a little dispassionate and i can come off that way and thats difficult. but, you have to separate your feelings from the reality. so we --. jenna: lets dig a little into that. because of a security expert one of the things you offered in the article is context for how often these attacks happen. how likely we to see them. we share some of that perspective with our viewers as well. >> that is important. we see things in the news and the definition o...