really i rode on the plane back with him from los angeles to denver, and i really do not think he s crazy. i think he s an unusual guy. he d be the first to admit it. he has a larger-than-life personality, but more than anything, he reminds me of someone from a different time like a hemmingway novel that would go on a big adventure. he says people climb mountains, jump out of airplanes, sail around the world just to say they ve done it. he says what he s doing is for god and country, and there s a big reward, so he doesn t think that what he s doing is as crazy as what some other people do just for kicks, and i honestly don t think he s crazy. all right. all-purpose journalist jim spellman tonight. he was america s first black supreme court justice and a civil rights pioneer and now the subject of a one-man play starring laurence fishburne who tells us what made thurgood marshall s life a uniquely marshall s life a uniquely american story. the 57th president of the united states.
the systems. a disorganized group of hackers claimed responsibility for the attack on the senate website and they said in a statement today we don t like the u.s. government very much, and this is a small just for kicks release of internal data from the senate, and is this an act of war, an obvious reference to the pentagon cyber security strategy which could equate a major attack with an absent of war. shepard: the bigger threat here could be state-sponsored hacking. jonathan: that is on the rise. this past weekend, the international monetary fund suffered a hack attack and there is some suggestion it was carried owe by a nation state. obviously, a couple of weeks ago we had the news from google that g mail accounts were hacked and
probed or attacked an average of 1.8 billion times per month last year. the need to pass comprehensive cyber security legislation is more urgent than ever. 1.8 billion attacks per month, shep. staggering to me, not surprising at all according to the security experts we spoke to, shep. shepard: proving a point. yes, in fact, the organization loosely based hacking organization called lul security. they said in a statement today, shep and i quote. we don t like the u.s. government very much. this is a small just for kicks release of some internal data from senate.gov. is this an act of war, gentlemen? problem. one security expert we spoke to today, shep, said whatever the motive all of these are entirely irresponsible. listen. if your objective is to show there is a security weakness