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And also they are using improvised explosive devices so they can put them in, you know large areas. so this is -- al qaeda never really focussed on getting individuals to carry out attacks here in the u.s. there were some self-starters and some lone wolves but isis is actually directly communicating with people in this country urging them urging them to carry out attacks. when i say directly communicate, some of the direct communications. others just, like directives that they put over the internet and they're being followed. >> but what makes this so frustrating and this is what i'm wondering...

Developing a quantum computer. when complete, it will be able to break about any encryption in the world. at cnn we use encryption like had rsa system to get into data we should only see to authenticate us. when nsa gepts that quantum computer, what will it be able to do? >> it would be a game changer, a lot easier for nsa to break the codes that foreign governments use, that foreign criminal groups use. >> reporter: but nsa will also be able to break encryption codes we all use to protect or bank accounts, e-mails, medical records. a privacy advocate said it may lead to a world with no secret...

Agency does have the ability to crack the encryption codes on billions of cell phone calls and text messages. this comes as the presidential task force that's been looking into the nsa snooping has issued its report. the president created that group last summer in response to the criticism but a lot of the detail also of the report have not yet been made public. an annual wreath ceremony now under way at arlington. this particular event is organized by a group called wreaths across america. they've been providing this wonderful service for the past 22 years. every year, this group lays wreat...

There, both hackers and navigators, these people who are supposedly designed to help people access the system, who could literally steal people's data and sell it so that they could create mischief. the problem with the navigators, there are no federal background checks for criminal behavior. >> so they could have hired known thieves and criminals and they have no idea. nobody would have any idea. >> when we did the census in 2010 we did criminal background checks on the people who went door-to-door counting people. we're not doing background checks on the people with the most private informat...

On wall street, the opening bell, moments away if it hasn't already happened. the stocks kicked off august, a huge rally. the dow surged more than 200 points yesterday there is that bell. slight pullback is expected in today's open though. consumer spending, of course, a concern today. disappointing earnings from procter & gamble that's because of that products giant also -- lowered estimates for the full year. investors also worried about personal income and spending, which were flat in june. so we are going to be watching the bell today, down on the new york stock exchange. we will get to th...