Kansas Rep. Tells SXSW to Kill Edward Snowden Interview.
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[QUOTE]Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo wants organizers of South by Southwest Interactive to back out of their scheduled video conference interview of Edward Snowden.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] member of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Pompeo, published an open letter to South by Southwest Interactive conference organizers on Friday demanding that they rescind their invitation to Edward Snowden.
Pompeo, R-Kan., said he was "deeply troubled" by the scheduled video appearance of Snowden, whom he described as lacking the credentials to authoritatively speak on issues pertaining to "privacy, surveillance, and online monitoring."
Snowden is scheduled to speak by video conferencing on Monday at 11 a.m. CT with Christopher Soghoian, a privacy advocate and principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, who will be onstage at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Moderated by Ben Wizner, the director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, Snowden is expected to answer audience questions.
The panel, "A Virtual Conversation with Edward Snowden," will focus on the impact of the NSA spying revelations and how technology can be used to protect privacy.
Snowden's "only apparent qualification," Pompeo wrote, "is his willingness to steal from his own government and then flee to that beacon of First Amendment freedoms, the Russia of Vladimir Putin."
[B]Representing Kansas' fourth district, Pompeo has been critical of Snowden's whistle-blowing. He described Snowden as a "traitor" in the press release announcing the SXSW letter, and said that the documents leaked by Snowden are "now in the hands of other count[/B]ries."
Snowden and the reporters to whom he leaked the NSA documents have denied that accusation, saying he gave all his copies of the documents to reporters.[/QUOTE]
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More shit from Kansas.
with a big ol' [b]Kill Edward Snowden[/b] there in the title you'd expect something more action movie-like
Why is Kansas getting so much attention lately?
What the fuck Kansas???
And I'm supposed to go there this weekend for an anime convention. goddamnit
[QUOTE=Rubs10;44186814]What the fuck Kansas???
And I'm supposed to go there this weekend for an anime convention. goddamnit[/QUOTE]
Naka-Kon I assume? That was the first anime convention I went to.
[QUOTE=slayer20;44186800]Why is Kansas getting so much attention lately?[/QUOTE]
Well apparently we hate gays, under fund schools, and are scared of the knowing the truth.
I thought SXSW was a music festival
Why are politicians saying dumb things there
[QUOTE=slayer20;44186832]Naka-Kon I assume? That was the first anime convention I went to.[/QUOTE]
Yup. Gonna get wasted and party with animes for 3 days.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;44186854]I thought SXSW was a music festival
Why are politicians saying dumb things there[/QUOTE]
it's a film/media festival too
[QUOTE=Rubs10;44186814]What the fuck Kansas???
And I'm supposed to go there this weekend for an anime convention. goddamnit[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=slayer20;44186832]Naka-Kon I assume? That was the first anime convention I went to.[/QUOTE]
holy shit i'm goin to that
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