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This weekend on The Communicators, a look at police use of technology for surveillance purposes. The ACLU recently issued a study that found police have quickly made cell-phone location tracking a widely used means of surveillance. Guest Catherine Crump and phoner guest Dennis Kenney talk about why and how police use the technology, as well as whether current laws adequately cover police use of technological advances.

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Former Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps talks about legislation to reform the FCC, consolidation of telecommunications firms and, the state of the media. He speaks with guest reporter, Eliza Krigman, a technology reporter with Politico.

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This week on "The Communicators," Lawrence Strickling, administrator at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), is our guest. The NTIA advises the President on telelcommunications matters.

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On this week's "Communicators," C-SPAN welcomes Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Markham Erickson, executive director of the Open Internet Coalition as our guests.

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On this week's "Communicators," the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) talks about spectrum, cybersecurity, privacy and other telecommunications topics before Congress.

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This week on "Communicators," Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) compare Republican and Democratic cybersecurity legislation in Congress, the House and Senate approaches, the likelihood of passage and how they each view the cyber threat.

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On this week's "Communicators," the current cybersecurity legislation in Congress is the topic. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)  joins C-SPAN to talk about the Collins-Lieberman bill now in the Senate, competing cybersecurity legislation, its likelihood of passage and how he views the cyber threat.

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On this week’s The Communicators, the top senators on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee talk about their bill on cybersecurity, the nature of the cyber threat, and how their bill compares with another bill backed by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and several Senate Republicans.

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On this week's "Communicators," two cybersecurity business executives - Robert Dix Juniper Networks and Bill Conner of Entrust - discuss cyber threats to government and business communications networks.

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On the latest episode of "Communicators," top senators on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), discuss their bill on cybersecurity.  

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