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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 ground to say they have faded back into the population and they are still there. we also know a lot o...

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 nation's privacy regulator for decades. for the past 20 years, they have regulated the virtual space. they're the ones that issued the decree on facebook and brought them in compliance in 2011. that's when we started the privacy working group, which i chaired. for four years, we've been trying to pass data security and privacy education. you need that statute. it's a regulator and the ftc can say "all right, google or yahoo ...

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 it's one thing to be in basically a twitter war with the leader of north korea who we don't know where he rests on the spectrum between rational actor and deranged. the war of words, the taunts and back and forth that exists we'll call that the virtual space. in the real space, which is if you had a war, if you had a conflict with north korea, it could b...

Service providers. that's 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 don't 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 strengthen consumer froectipro s and make certain that consumes have the toolbox that is necessary for them...

Across the aisle will join us in doing that. and strengthening these protections. but here's the back story. >> how does that -- >> the internet service providers don't need to ask permission anymore to sell your information. >> that's not it. you don't 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 where that responsibility should lie. and theret ones who should have the jurisdiction. when you...