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Joining me to discuss this is shawn turner. you have an extensive military background. what type of impact could a quick and unexpected withdrawal from syria have on the region? >> it could have significant impact on the region. we have to think about what we know about isis. under the previous and current administration, our military and intelligence community made significant strides in the effort to destroy isis, but we know the job is not done. for a lot of isis fighters, they have gone to g...

If the browser act were to pass and you get an opt in or opt out, how do you keep facebook and others honest? >> through the federal trade commission. the ftc has been our nations privacy regulator for decades. for the past 20 years, they have regulated the virtual space. theyre the ones that issued the decree on facebook and brought them in compliance in 2011. thats when we started the privacy working group, which i chaired. for four years, weve been trying to pass data security and privacy edu...

Stirewalt. this is a true test of the commander-in-chief just months into his administration here. he has faced a lot of tough things. this has to be at the top of the list. >> it is also about building a consensus in washington for action. so its one thing to be in basically a twitter war with the leader of north korea who we dont know where he rests on the spectrum between rational actor and deranged. the war of words, the taunts and back and forth that exists well call that the virtual space....

Service providers. thats exactly right. and that is your verizon or at&t or comcast or charter, whom ever. you get your internet service from. what it did not do is have anything to do with your googles or facebooks or what are called edge providers. and those are the ones that with your browsing history, you know, when you log on to the internet on a -- you dont have pop-ups come up. that is when you hit facebook or the web browser or something. that comes up. what we want to do is to strengthe...

Across the aisle will join us in doing that. and strengthening these protections. but heres the back story. >> how does that -- >> the internet service providers dont need to ask permission anymore to sell your information. >> thats not it. you dont need two regulators. the isps with what is covered there with the fcc, the federal communications commission, the traditional regulator of our privacy, both in the fiscal space and the virtual space has been the federal trade commission. and that is ...

With breach notification, with the data security, with requirements and standards for businesses. on the cyber end with information share. and notifications. and those are things that we ought to do. stephanie, i have had data security legislation with one of my colleagues, a democrat colleague, for a couple of years now. these are -- its time that we move forward on some of these issues. the virtual marketplace, the virtual space, the cybe cyber activity, the need for cyber security, and the ad...

Buy it and now were not even goirng to get that chance chlts. >> so isnt that depressing? that we talked about the internet and e as virtual space? and if youre right, if everything you just said is right, and, obviously, what you said, a lot of people agree with because it seems to be where were going, than this use of the internet, this use of cyber power and infrastructure is not only cabining our fre expression in american theaters, but on the entire internet itself. >> social security e it ...