attack that killed one american. a day after pakistani officials announced plans to withdraw troops from that region. the area is west of where taliban militants shot a teenager last year because she went to school. house republicans ready to turn their focus back to benghazi again and releasing a report this morning updating their investigation into obama administration handling of last year s terror attack on the u.s. compound. four americans, including ambassador christopher stevens, was killed in that attack. a hearing set for wednesday with a state department official scheduled to testify. a defense of the nsa surveillance program, michael hayden that is a cnn contributor said since they built the internet they are watching closely what happens online. he said g-smail a preferred e-mail provider of terrorists. hayden ran the nsa from 1999 to
consumer watchdog groups say they are stunned by google s admission that people shouldn t expect their g-mail to be private. google s controversial comment was included in a court document seeking to dismiss a class action privacy lawsuit against the company. it says, quote, a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he or she voluntarily turns over to third parties. all right. alison kosik joins us to talk about this. break it down for us, alison. what does this exactly mean? who s looking at these e-mails and why? you know what it means, pamela? it means that your e-mail isn t totally secure. what makes this unique is that this is from a big provider like google. the group consumer watchdog calls this a stunning admission by google. actually in a recent filing where google compares itself to an assistant who opens the boss s mail. google also says people who use e-mail today, they can t be surprised if their communications are processed by the e-mail provider
i thought this has to be bad for business, but i m not sure. what s going on? you have google processing your e-mail and they are using algorithms to look at what you re looking at and designing an targeting ads iads, getting f viruses. and we agreed to that. we agreed to that. but shall groups say this sounds like you re peeking and reading. google said that it s like an assistant who opens the boss mail. people who use e-mail cannot be surprised if indeed they their communications are processed by the e-mail provider. it quotes another court case which ruled a person has, quote, no legitimate expectation of privacy in information that that person turns over to a third party. this is all based on their quoting smith v maryland in this other legal proceeding. it s google s response to the class action lawsuit. the company says it s an automated system processing the e-mails. it s not a bunch of humans
admission, putting this in a recent court filing. google winds up comparing it self to an assistant who opens the boss mail. people who use e-mail today, they can t be really surprised if their communications are prossed by the e-mail provider and goes on to another court case which ruled a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy and the information that he turns over to a third party. now, what this all is is google s response to a class action lawsuit. in this response, the company says an automated system processes the e-mails and it s not humans. but in this filing, it says several courts have already held that this is widely understood that these companies scan e-mails that filter out spam and put in a different inbox and also do it to deliver targeted ads and protect viruses and others do the same. in a thing when privacy is a top concern everyone is on guard. if your e-mail isn t encrypted,
leading e-mail provider now and forever. yes, yes. your password is password123. password123. i ve been trying to remember that for years. anyway, not a great recruiting video for aspiring nsa agents. anyway, it was the queen s speech. but luckily, it was one she never had to make. documents released by the uk government today included a contingency speech prepared for queen elizabeth ii which was to be used in the event of a nuclear war. well, the draft written during the cold war back in 1983 is a chilling reminder of how the free world lived under the very real threat of armageddon. here is an excerpt. quote, we all know the dangers facing us today are greater by far than any time in history. even the airman prowling the skies above our cities and towns, but the deadly power of abused technology. but whatever terrors lie in wait