Heavily as they have in the past 14 years . Theres no question they will play a valuable role. Certainly we have asked a lot of guard and reserve members and they have given a lot in the last 14 years so it will be a valuable contribution in to future. Thank you. I will move on to the different topic and mr. Clarke you can assist with this. Today i wrote about my colleagues in a letter some of our underwater cable and its very concerning because the farris iber optic cables and they carry everything from sensitive information, communication. Many of these things that are vital to our economic stability and i know that is a very sensitive topic, but i think its pretty vital that we Start Talking about our answers and underwater cyberoptic cable. Are you concerned at all about the security that either exists or does not exist out there and if you could expound on that please. Im very concerned about it. Those cables carry trillions of dollars in Financial Transactions every year. About 9
Thank you for coming out. United technology has sponsored these issues and i was holding out for a helicopter but you sold the company so i have to hold out for an elevator for the house or something. But anyway, and the great people at National Journal for putting this together. Great crowd. I want to put in a plug quickly. The brand new almanac of american politics just came out. It is an amazing 2084 pages. It is sort of everything you needed to know. I bought my first copy in 1972 when i was a senior in high school in louisiana. I bought everyone were you from louisiana . We went to the same high school. That is right anyway, so wow, see this is a real story. I didnt make it up. Just anyway, it is now at bookstores near you and amazon and all kinds of great places. There is an 18page introduction essay i wrote at the beginning. Just remember i wrote it over the summer. Cut me some slack there. What i am going to try to do is talk a little bit if you feel confused about the 2016 cam
That is how you hold people to account. This is what i was mentioning earlier. Almost a nightmare, when everything you say or do is monitored. You lose your freedoms. Not not onlyle is it is your own government that is capable of doing this. Hack into were to your computer and take control of an or switch on your webcam to see what you are doing, they can. The technology is readily available. The government will do that on behalf of its citizens and the notions of social is a real question. Because a lot of people think it has gone too far. Debate you should be putting to your senators, to your representatives. These questions we asking. Because it is not going to stop. Thank you for coming to speak with us. Is it the duty of the citizens of the United States or the government of the United States to be responsible for our own Cyber Security . Good question. Was conceived but a good question. Ms. Conceived not because you the conception cant reflect nationstates. It cannot reflect phys