Isil. We thought isis sounded better and would be more familiar to people even though the president refers to the group as isil. Brian why is there a difference between the president using isil and some people using Islamic State . Jessica the president doesnt want to call it the Islamic State because they claim to be a state, but they are not. He does not want to give them that credit. We called it isis just for editorial, to make it easier. Thats the only reason. Brian what was the reason to write the book . Jessica my editor asked me to write the book. It wasnt actually my idea. In fact, i was in the middle of writing another book that is taking me a long time. When he first asked me, i was about to say no. And then, i realized that it is a very important topic and people really need to know about it. So thats why. Brian you have a coauthor, j. M. Berger. What role did he play . Jessica i didnt know enough about social media. I told my agent, there is a guy on twitter who knows a lo
What role did he play . Jessica i didnt know enough about social media. I told my agent, there is a guy on twitter who knows a lot about social media. Maybe i will make him a character in the book. My agent said, why dont you make him a coauthor . I barely knew the guy. I got to know him on twitter. I had only met him once. But it was a very good decision. He is a great guy. And we had fun working together. Brian what did he bring to the book . Jessica he has been communicating with terrorists on social media since they started using social media. So he really knows a lot about what they say, how they use social media. He developed software with someone from google to monitor their use of social media. He is also a good writer. He brought a lot to the book. Brian here is propaganda video from isis. [video clip] [mortar fire] [explosions] president obama our combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq. [explosions] brian what impact does this sort of thing have on the world . T