now to the story that has some americans worried we re living in a big brother society. the nsa is collecting phone and data from u.s. citizens. the guardian publicist that published the story said in an interview with piers morgan last night. there is a massive apparatus within the united states government has been building this enormous structure that has only one goal to destroy privacy and anonymity not just in the united states but in the world. that is not hyperbole. that is their objective. serious allegations that have ignited a debate, privacy versus security, among government officials and among american citizens and among all of us. joining us now is jim harper, the director of information policy studies at the cato institute. a whole lot of new information has come out in the last two days. first, these major telephone companies making their data available to the government and now this news that the
erin mcpike, cnn, washington. a lot of time obama and xi jinping, spending at lot of casual time and down time, people suggesting maybe the chinese first lady could have spent down time with michele obama. not going to happen. a long friendship will have to develop because this is just the beginning of these are the most important business relationship in the world. crucial relationship. ahead on starting point reports the nsa is collecting extensive phone and internet data from citizens dominating the headlines and fueling fears of a big brother society. is our privacy being compromised or is this necessary security? that debate up next. tropical storm andrea battering florida. seriously injuring one woman and making its way up the eastern coast. what s next in its path? you re watching starting point. know it s your most important videoconference of the day hi! hi, buddy! that s why the free wifi and hot breakfast are something to smile about. now, get great getaway rat
skip it. i thought it was a great question. thank you. you said big brother is always watching and get used to it. why should we shrug our shoulders? choose your battles. you have to pick your battles. this is insur mountable. what if your toddler grew up to be a terrorist? that won t happen in the big brother society. i don t understand people. it is never ending. if you are going to look at the word pork. comedy and snow and ice. it goes on forever. you might as well work on something where you can make a preens and can be eye effective. it is like a lot of things takes place in counter terrorism. when you go through the list and read the wersdz on the list there are some that make absolute sense. that s what you would put on a
could have on this country. we sometimes talk information sharing about the private sector, the public sector. tell us a little bit about where that stands right now. reporter: if i m going to bottom line it for you there are two major developments in the executive order. one is that the federal government has to produce unclassified reports about the cyber threat and distribute them widely to regular businesses that may be the target and the second is that they need to take more of the classified information about the threat and share it beyond the defense sector which is typically where that information sharing has stopped. for people who are concerned about the invasion of an individual s privacy, this is kind of where the rubber meets the road, and critics say that this may be one step closer to really that sort of big data, big brother society that many americans say they fear, jenna. jenna: that is so interesting. there is a fine line here, the people are concerned about wantin