>> THERE IS THIS VERY PECULIAR
BACKGROUND WHERE GOOGLE IS
WORKING WITH THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT AND NOT
WITH THE U.S. MILITARY.
SO THE PROJECT MAVEN DECISION
WAS A DECISION NOT TO WORK A.I.
WITH THE U.S. MILITARY BUT
THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE COME
NIGHT CHINESE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, FROM THE OUT
SIDE, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING
ON THERE?
NEIL: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAW THAT
EXCHANGE.
HE WANTS TO LOOK INTO IT,
WHETHER THESE CHARGES THAT
GOOGLE IS BEING INFILTRATED BY
CHINESE INTELLIGENCE IS TRUE.
GOOGLE'S RESPONSE WAS WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE HECK HE IS TALKING
ABOUT.
NO SUCH THING IS GOING ON.
CHARLIE GASPARINO ON THAT.
>> I REALLY LIKE PETER THIEL.
SMART GUY.
HE IS LIBERTARIAN ON ECONOMICS
WHICH I AGREE WITH.
WE HAVE TO PUT HIS COMMENTS
SOMEWHAT CONTEXT.
HE IS ON THE BOARD OF FACEBOOK.
THERE IS A THEORY OUT THERE,
INCLUDING INSIDE GOOGLE HE IS
LOOKING TO THROW SHADE ON GOOGLE
TO GET EMPHASIS OFF FACEBOOK
COMING UNDER SCRUTINY IN THIS
BROAD CRACKDOWN.
AS WE REPORTED YESTERDAY, BEFORE
THE PRESIDENT CAME OUT WITH HIS
TWEET, GOOGLE IS GOING TO GET
SPECIAL ATTENTION FROM THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
WE HEAR THAT FROM SOURCES CLOSE
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEM
FROM A NUMBER OF VENUES, WHETHER
IT BE ANTITRUST, FTC.
WHETHER THEY PLAY FAIR.
IT IS ALL COMING DOWN TO THE
FACT THAT TRUMP AND THE
ADMINISTRATION REALLY BELIEVES
THAT GOOGLE AS THE ELECTION GETS
CLOSE CUSTODIES CRIME NATE
AGAINST CONSERVATIVE VOICES IN
THEIR SEARCH.
HOW, WHAT THE MECHANISM TO GO
AFTER THEM I CAN'T TELL YOU
EXACTLY.
WHETHER THAT OF ITSELF IS NOT
QUITE AN ANTITRUST VIOLATION.
YOU COULD MAKE A CASE THEY'RE
TOO BIG.
MAYBE THAT SORT OF ALLOWS THEM
TO CONTROL SO MUCH OF TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE, THEY ARE WORRIED
ABOUT THAT AS 2020 COMES.
THEY ALSO THINK IT'S A REALLY
GOOD ISSUE POLITICALLY.
THEY THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE
THERE.
THEY DON'T WANT THE DEMOCRATS TO
STEAL THUNDER OF CRACKDOWN ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
MOST ARE AFRAID OF THEM FROM A
PRIVACY STANDPOINT.
MOST PUB OPINIONS THINK
THEY'RE -- REPUBLICANS THINK
THEY'RE BIASED.
NEIL: WHAT ABOUT THIS IS NOT
BASED ON ANY FACT HERE?
MAYBE THIS IS A RUSE TO GET
AFTER THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE
BIASED IF THAT IS THE CASE AND
THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THIS?
>> I'M JUST SAYING I LAY OUT
WHAT KNOW TO BE THE BACKGROUND,
COULD BE THAT PETER IS JUST
MOUTHING OFF.
HE IS NOT THAT TYPE OF GUY.
HE IS A MORE MEASURED GUY.
I DON'T KNOW HIM THAT WELL.
BASED ON WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HIM I
DON'T THINK HE WOULD LIE OVERTLY
BUT THERE IS TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT --
NEIL: GOOGLE IS NOT ALLOWED IN
CHINA, RIGHT?
YOU CAN'T USE GOOGLE IN CHINA?
>> I THINK YOU CAN.
I THINK THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS
ON IT.
NEIL: REALLY?
>> THEY RESTRICT SPEECH.
HERE IS THE THING, NEIL, THE
BIGGER POINT, THERE IS A GROWING
CHORUS INSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE
TO CRACK DOWN ON TECH,
PARTICULARLY GOOGLE.
THEY THINK GOOGLE POLITICALLY,
NOT JUST A BUSINESS STORY, IF
YOU OWN THE STOCK YOU HAVE TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT THIS, RIGHT?
IT IS ALSO A POLITICAL STORY
WHERE IT BLEEDS TOGETHER.
THEY BELIEVE GOOGLE IS BAD, TOO
BIG, TOO POWERFUL, THEY CONTROL
THE DEBATE THROUGH SEARCH.
THEY WANT TO CRACK DOWN ON IT,
YOU HEAR IT FROM MY SOURCES
CLOSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
OBVIOUSLY HEARING FROM PETER
THIEL WHO IS PLUGGED IN TO THE
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE.
THIS IS POLITICAL BUSINESS
STORY, IF YOU OWN THE STOCK, I
KEEP SEEING GREEN ON THE STOCK.
IT WAS GREEN YESTERDAY TODAY,
ALTHOUGH IT TOOK A LITTLE DIP ON
OUR REPORT YESTERDAY THEY'RE
WATCHING IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE
WORRIED ABOUT.
NEIL: HOW WAS SUN VALLEY?
>> WE DID NOT GET THROWN OUT.
BY THE WAY THE POLICE PRESENCE
THERE, IT IS KIND OF A POLICE
STATE, SUN VALLEY.
NEIL: BUT WHEN YOU'RE THERE.
>> EVERYBODY, THEY WERE SO NICE
TO US, THE GUY THAT I HAD MY
RUN-IN WITH THE LAST TIME,
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICER.
HE AND I ARE FRIENDS NOW.
LISTEN, I FEEL BADLY FOR HIM
THIS WAY, NOT BECAUSE HE GET AS
GOOD CHECK ON THIS, I THINK
ALLEN COMPANY IS SO LOONY TUNE.
NEIL: THEY HOST THIS CONFERENCE.
PLENTY OF BIGWIG.
>> I THINK THEY RATCHET UP
PRESSURE ON THESE COPS TO NOT
LET ANYTHING HAPPEN.
HE IS A GREAT GUY.
BRIAN COG LYNN.
A BIG TIME NEW YORK CITY.
THIS GUY IS THE REAL THING.
HE AND I ARE FRIENDS.
NEIL: GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
>> BY THE WAY DID YOU HEAR THE
STORY WE BROKE, LAUREN SANCHEZ
WAS OUT THERE WITH JEFF BEZOS?
NEIL: THAT'S GREAT.
WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO EXPLAIN
THAT.
VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THEY ARE OUT AND ABOUT,