>> YOUR TONY THE GOOGLE AN
AMERICAN COMPANY SUPPOSEDLY, IS
REFUSING TO WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THAT IS
DOING WORK WITH CHINA IN CHINA
IN A WAY THAT AT LEAST
INDIRECTLY BENEFITS THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THE WORK THAT GOOGLE IS
DOING IN CHINA IS INDIRECTLY
BENEFITING THE CHINESE
MILITARY.
WE WATCH WITH GREAT CONCERN
WHEN PARTNERS WORK IN CHINA
KNOWING THAT THERE IS THAT
INDIRECT BENEFIT.
IN FACT INDIRECT MAY NOT BE THE
FULL CHARACTERIZATION OF IT.
IT'S MORE OF A DIRECT BENEFIT
TO THE CHINESE MILITARY.
>> GENERAL JOE DUNFORD,
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
STAFF SHOCKING -- GOOGLE
ANNOUNCED THEY WERE WITHDRAWING
FROM U.S. MILITARY CONTRACT
BECAUSE WHEN THEY REACHED OUT
TO GET A STATEMENT WE WERE
REDIRECTED.
WHERE IS THE MORAL COMPASS
HERE?>> I THINK IS QUITE
UNIMAGINABLE.I THINK THAT
SERGEI AND LARRY SHOULD BE PUT
IN FRONT OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
STAFF AND EXPLAIN THEMSELVES.
WITHOUT SECURITY AND SAFETY AND
MILITARY, WE HAVE NOTHING AND
JUST TO THINK THAT THEY WOULD
DO SOMETHING THAT HELPS THE
CHINESE BUT BASICALLY TELL US,
NOT FOR THE US, I MAY HAVE TO
FIND MICROSOFT, BING OR YAHOO.
>> THEIR MODEL, DON'T BE EVIL.
DON'T AID EVIL.
AND THIS COMPANY WHOSE WHOLE
BUSINESS IS BUILT ON TRUST AND
PRIVACY.
I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE THIS
ISN'T DOING TREMENDOUS DAMAGE
TO THEIR REPUTATION.
BOTH WITH CHINESE IN CHINA AND
ALSO AMERICAN AUDIENCE.
AND IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN YOU
SEE FACEBOOK IS POSITIONING
TOWARD PRIVACY.
I DON'T THINK MANY SENATE
COMMITTEES THINK GOOGLE BY
AIDING THE CHINESE MILITARY IS
REALLY DOING SOME SERIOUS
DAMAGE TO THEIR REPUTATION AND
THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
>> AND I THINK IT ALSO COMES AT
A TIME WHEN ELIZABETH WARREN
AND NOW SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE,
MONEY FOR PRESIDENT ARE TALKING
ABOUT BREAKING UP THE COMPANIES
BECAUSE OF THE MONOPOLY POWER
THEY HAVE.
THERE IS NO COMPANY AFTER THE
HAS A BIGGER MONOPOLY THAN
GOOGLE.
SO I THINK IT SEEMS THERE IS
LITTLE VULNERABLE ON THE PUBLIC
RELATIONS FRONT.
LET'S ALSO REMEMBER, IT IS NOT
JUST A I WHERE GOOGLE IS
HELPING CHINA.
IT IS ALSO ON SURVEILLANCE, ALL
KINDS OF SURVEILLANCE PRODUCTS.
WHICH BY THE WAY, AIDES TO THE
INCARCERATION AND -- OF MUSLIMS
IN CHINA.
THIS IS PRETTY APPALLING STUFF
AND I THINK GOOGLE HAS A LOT TO
ANSWER FOR HERE.
>> TO JUMP THIS POINT, IT IS NO
LONGER, DON'T BE EVIL.
IT IS DO THE RIGHT THING.
THE MODEL CHANGE WHEN THEY
BECAME ALPHABET.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
CONNECTION WITH CHINA.
CHINA THE ACTUAL GOVERNMENT
OWNS $5 TRILLION OF THE CHINESE
ECONOMY.
SO GOOGLE WILL PROBABLY PLAY
THE CARD THAT MAYBE IT WAS AN
INDIRECT BENEFIT BUT THEY MUST
HAVE KNOWN GIVEN THE
GOVERNMENTS INFLUENCE.
I THINK DAVID BROUGHT A GOOD
POINT UP IN THE INTRO THAT
GOOGLE DID NOT WANT TO MOVE FOR
WITH THE JEDI PENTAGON CLOUD
COMPUTING PROJECT WITH $10
BILLION BECAUSE IT WENT AGAINST
THE CORPORATE CONDUCT.
AND YET, THEY MUST KNOW THAT
THERE IS SOME TYPE OF INDIRECT
BENEFIT IN CHINA AND TO THE
MILITARY THERE.
GIVEN THE GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE.
>> THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF
PRESSURE PUT ON THEM.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, WAKE UP IN
THE MORNING AND THE FRONT PAGES
OF EVERY NEWSPAPER HAVE THE
STORY.
WHERE THE HEAD OF THE NETWORK
NEWS, EACH AND EVERY NIGHT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DOUBT IT.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE IT.
THEY ARE TO INTO TRUMP, TRUMP,
TRUMP 24/7.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE OUT OF THE
NEWS IN A DAY OR SO.
>> WE ARE REPORTING AND THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
STAFF CANNOT BE IGNORED.
AND HE WENT BEYOND SAYING WAS
SORT OF AN INDIRECT, INNOCENT
MISTAKE THAT GOOGLE WAS MAKING.
SAYING THAT IN SOME CASES IT
WAS DIRECT.
HE PAUSED AND SAID NO, IT WAS
NOT INDIRECT.
REMEMBER THE 4000 GOOGLE
EMPLOYEES THAT WERE PROTESTING
THE PENTAGON CONTRACT.
THEY SAID WE WILL NEVER BUILD
WARFARE TECHNOLOGY.
BUT APPARENTLY, THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE
OTHER SIDE.
>> AND AGAIN --
>> DAVID, THERE BEEN RUMORS AS
WELL.
THAT GOOGLES BEEN WORKING ON
SEARCH ENGINE TECHNOLOGY.
IT DIRECTLY SENSORS THE RESULTS
FOR CHINA'S BEHALF.
TO ASSIST IN REPRESSION, I CAN
UNDERSTAND THAT NOT WANT
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS BUT TO
ASSIST IN REPRESSION, YOU HAVE
TO WONDER WHAT THE GOOGLE
LEADERS ARE THINKING.
>> BY THE WAY, IS NOT LIKE THE
UNITED STATES IS TOTALLY HAD ON
SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES.ON
AI FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA LAST YEAR
PUBLISHED OVER 50 PERCENT OF