The Cato Institute will hold a conference on NSA Surveillance tomorrow (Wednesday, 10/9). Registration is still available, send an email to events@cato.org. The conference runs from 10am to 4:30pm (Eastern time). The schedule and other details are posted here.
The conference will be streamed live.
Keynote speakers: Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), member of the Senate’s Select Committee on Intelligence; Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI); Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). Panelists include: Siobhan Gorman, Wall Street Journal; Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian; Barton Gellman, Washington Post; Charlie Savage, New York Times; Jameel Jaffer, ACLU; Laura Donohue, Georgetown University Law Center; David Lieber, Google; Jim Burrows, Silent Circle; Bruce Schneier, Security Expert; Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute.
Cato used to be a four letter word at A-W. Glad to see liberty minded organizations joining force to fight the real enemy
CHICAGO SURVEILLANCE CONFERENCE 19 OCTOBER 2013: open to public, no registration, no charge
http://www.ccdbr.org/ Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
PRESENTS
NO PLACE TO HIDE: THE SURVEILLANCE STATE AND ITS THREAT TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 2013, 1:30 – 4:30 PM, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
375 E. Chicago Ave.., Room 140 RB
ADMISSION FREE, DONATIONS REQUESTED
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS:
KADE CROCKFORD, Massachusetts ACLU: intersection among federal, state and local surveillance operations, including Fusion Centers
THOMAS DRAKE , NSA whistleblower (Skype connection)
MIKE GERMAN, Former special agent of the FBI, now with ACLU national office, Washington, D.C.: traditional and high-tech surveillance practices
KEVIN GOSZTOLA, Firedoglake.com blogger (covered Chelsea Manning trial) and contributor to Nation magazine: surveillance whistleblowers and the threat to journalistic freedom, and recent NSA revelations
RESTORE THE FOURTH, national movement to protect privacy: organizing to resist surveillance excesses
ADAM SCHWARTZ, Illinois ACLU: visual/camera surveillance in Chicago
AMIE STEPANOVICH, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Washington, D.C.: drone surveillance and related issues
Parking garage at 321 E. Erie St. has made 15 discounted spaces available for us at $5 price, far below the normal charge. Please notify Bob Clarke if you want one of these spaces. Those not reserved will be handed out on first-come, first-served basis at the conference.
Excellent public-transport connections will be on our web site.
Additional participants and topics may be announced later.
Conference may be live-streamed.
More information: http://www.ccdbr.org or contact Bob Clarke, shango1@aol.com, tel. 773.281.5164
Thank you.