Have noticed the quietly made online to the official Mission Statement of the National Security agency it turns out the words honesty trust an openness are now all gone the old core values used to begin with the word almost the saying that the American People have placed great trust in the n. S. A. There for the agency promise to honor that with open this well know it instead starts with the phrase commitment to service your side of the n. S. A. Explain the changes its nothing more than a website thats all it is. The effort to delete words that are that mean a lot to americans such as honesty and transparency and what have you has is something that. Is important but if if the National Security agencys deleting it i think that that means that theyre getting more according to reality as to just how these intelligence agencies work they are theyre not called the deep state for nothing and and the only thing that they did agree that they did keep was the provision of. Respect in the law an
The big question are they really yours or just all like the dog and pony show was the thing is the mayor and i dont know or maybe theyre just not very good at lobbying because theyre not used to sitting at the top are there no usually the big no i dont ordinarily the loan money you know. In kept on capital you know here in washington are normally. You know telecom and defense to court contractors so. Boeing held the top slots you know generally dominated it last year so for tech to come in but that scares me a little bit because you know i was i was an adult living through the last tech bubble and i see a lot of similarities in this idea that it will never end the moneys never going to stop its always going to be amazing except its not its not and thats on labor he wakes up one day and reacts there a lot more than they were the day before but at least with the turkey. Bubble you had lots of Different Technology companies now im seeing that same thing that you see all over again we just
Google or obstacles to innovation and actually claims that their days are numbered lets take a listen to what he had to say the fact that the near monopoly distributors shoot subject him to more stringent regulations so he had a lot to say about adding regulations to facebook and google but that idea really doesnt mix well with a number of companies that hes actually tied to take the ngo Freedom House for example who is rumored to be largely funded by george soros they have in the past been a huge adamant supporters of the power of social media especially when it came to the arab spring and the influence that the internet had during that the backlash against social media in the arab world and in turkey is the latest version of perennial systematic exams by authorities here in leading regimes to control their citizens through fear and repression however it only draws attention to the human rights abuses these governments seek to hide and reveals despots fear. Of the growing power of cit
Vice president mike pence speaking out yesterday saying the u. S. Is ready to help. The United States condemns this terror attack and we will do whatever the necessary to help. The United States stands ready to assist the people of spain to find and punish those responsible. Maria the very latest developments coming up this morning. The terrorist attack weighing on Global Markets, futures off of earlier lows as you see here but certainly yesterday was the tough day in markets, the dow and s p 500 posting longest drop since may. Today we have mixed performances. 7 points lower on the dow and the nasdaq is up this morning. In europe declines across the board. Take a look at european indices. The dax index in germany down 2 . The shanghai squeaking out a fractional move. Nikkei average in japan, hang seng in Congress Congress better than 1 . Investors are seeking safety. Gold above 1300. Remembering two of virginias bravest, the troopers who died while patrolling the charlottesville rally
Of the issues that will be faced by the Tech Community, congress and the federal government in 2016. We have a round table of working reporters to talk with. Corey bennett is with the hill, he covers cybersecurity there. Kate tummarello works for politico and covers technology, and lydia beyoud is with bloomberg bna. Lydia, one of the big issues coming up are the spectrum auctions in march. What can we expect . Guest march 29th is the official kickoff date for broadcasters to relinquish some of their spectrum. Theyll be looking to either go out of business or possibly enter into channelsharing agreements with their colleagues, and a few months after that potentially thatll wrap up, and well see the wireless bidder side start, and were looking at other potential bidders as well such as comcast announced today they might also be bidding for some of that broadcast spectrum. So itll be several months of close attention on the fcc and its auction. Host and you say several months, so most of