Hackers convention ask government to stay away over Snowden
Source: Yahoo News referencing Reuters
By Jim Finkle
BOSTON (Reuters) - The annual Def Con hacking convention has asked the U.S. federal government to stay away this year for the first time in its 21-year history, saying Edward Snowden's revelations have made some in the community uncomfortable about its presence.
"It would be best for everyone involved if the Feds call a 'time-out' and not attend Def Con this year," conference founder Jeff Moss said in an announcement posted Wednesday night on the convention's website.
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Moss, who is an advisor on cyber security to the Department of Homeland Security, told Reuters it was "a tough call," but he believed the Def Con community needs time to make sense of recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-ask-feds-stay-away-convention-defuse-tension-062506640.html
- - It matters not what you think of Snowden - America is now made aware of another issue of bad faith by Big Brother. As for me - the jury is still out, for I'm doing much research on Snowden, his background and speaking with counterparts in Washington D.C. about many surreptitious issues. (Such as the B.S. that the NSA $1.6 billion facility in Utah is just a huge storage warehouse).
- - There's much evidence that Snowden was a RWNJ who worked for the CIA everywhere. Be that as it may, whether he grew a conscience, got drunk, pissed at his boss or realized his time for the "agencies" was at an end and decided to stab them back; he has done America's citizenry a solid. Stay tune, I'm going to bring you a full look soon - at all things Snowden.
Meanwhile, I'm absolutely floored that Homeland Security may be sitting the Hacker Convention out!
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.... along these lines on Snowden.
Hey, I think I remember you, laserhaas. Whatever became of that case you was working on that concerned the late unsuccessful Presidential candidate.? 
