George Pataki on Technology Republican NY Governor

Bulk metadata collection for overseas terrorists

HUCKABEE: No. I'm not taking it away, I just want to make sure that everything we use is going to be effective. We're spending billions of dollars, let's make sure it's effective.

PATAKI: Getting to that metadata question, one of those terrorists, the day before the attacks, had sent 109 message to a known terrorist overseas. We could not read those messages, we can not read those today.

Need back door access to cell phones when lives are at risk

FactCheck: No evidence Hillary's email server was hacked

Pataki said, "Clinton put an unsecure server, in her home. We have no doubt that that was hacked, and that state secrets are out there to the Iranians, the Russians, the Chinese and others."

It is true that Clinton had a personal email account on a private server. It is also true that some emails contained unmarked classified information. But was Clinton's server "hacked"? And did the Iranians, Russians and Chinese obtain "state secrets"? That's all speculation.

Pataki is referring to reports of hacking attempts that may or may not have been successful. Investigations have found that some hacking attempts originated from Russia, China, South Korea and Germany--but no evidence that any were successful.

We need a cyber-war on North Korea

Hillary's email leaked secrets; disqualified from presidency

Travel between cities should be in trains faster than planes

• Let the next decade be the decade when the American worker and innovators, the best workforce in the world, accomplish things we can only dream of.
• Let the next decade be the decade when Americans finally cure cancer and end for all time the scourge of Alzheimer's.
• Let the next decade be the decade when American energy powers the world with our own clean, unlimited resources.
• Let the next decade be the decade when Americans travel from city to city in trains faster than planes, in cars that drive themselves, and over paths we have yet to imagine.
• Let the next decade be the decade where Americans can have boundless economic growth while enhancing and improving, our natural environment.
• Let the next decade be the decade where America proves to the world: "you ain't seen nothing yet."

Support Empire Innovation and Centers of Excellence

Working with our vastly improved SUNY and CUNY schools, we'll create a new Empire Innovation program that will attract even more top-flight researchers and the federal grant dollars they bring with them.

And let's go even farther. Our Centers of Excellence are the envy of states from coast to coast--and have already attracted over $8.5 billion in new investment, and are propelling New York toward a future as a global leader in university-based research, high-tech business creation, and job development.

Last year the federal government and the nation's semi-conductor industry announced a collaborative initiative that will result in two new state-of-the-art research facilities to drive the computer chip breakthroughs of the future--one right here in New York's Tech Valley.

Make NY the center for clean, renewable energy research

The entire world is now grappling with the question "where will we get the energy to power the global economy of the 21st century without causing irreparable damage to our natural environment?" Let's make New York the place where that defining question is answered. Let's make New York the worldwide center for clean, renewable energy research, product development and job creation. Let's attract companies from around the world that are developing the clean, renewable energy sources of the future--let's make the entire state a tax free zone for this growing industry.

Terrorism III package: cyber-terrorism and agri-terrorism

Finally, we will redouble our efforts to ensure that federal homeland security funds are concentrated on the areas under the greatest threat--and that means New York City, the world's greatest symbol of freedom and prosperity.