Kill the Snowden interview, congressman tells SXSW

[Newsjock]

Source: CNet

A 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.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57620072-38/kill-the-snowden-interview-congressman-tells-sxsw/

[1000words]

1. LOL

Stuff it, Mike.

[erronis]

2. Afraid of something, congressman?

Any open discussion is better than your McCarthy-style stifling of information. Unfortunately for you, not everyone toes the right-wing rhetoric and fear-mongering that identifies most of you.

[Scuba]

28. Bingo.

[DeSwiss]

3. K&R

Mike Pompeo = KochSucker

[blackspade]

4. Pompeo can go.....

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fuck himself.

[Mag238]

30. Pompey defeated Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.

He probably would have had Snowden's head cut off. There are plenty of people in the present US administration that would like to do the same.

[blackspade]

35. Shit! Stupid ipad autocorrect.....

[Mag238]

36. I thought it was kinda funny.

[jsr]

5. Which makes it a must see.

[mike_c]

6. scares the shite out of them, doesn't it...?

[cui bono]

7. Demanding? Oh, well, then okay.

[Catherina]

8. Thanks, it's on my calendar now n/t

[jtuck004]

9. No credentials. Thousands more pages than you have of evidence to the contrary, however. <G> n/t

[Scootaloo]

10. Pretty sure that constitutes a constitutional violation, congressman

Oh, you're a Republican, I see...

[24601]

12. Pretty sure that even a member of Congress has 1st amendments rights to publish an open letter

to a station advocating, even demanding, they not put Snowden on the air.

What the 1st Amendment prohibits is Congress passing a law abridging the freedom of speech. I see no law being passed in this situation.

[Scootaloo]

16. You're right, I'd misread

Thought he was doing this "as a congressman" rather than "open letter". Oops.

[24601]

17. No harm, no foul.

[Jack Rabbit]

11. As a congressional obstuctionist (that is, a House Republican) and Koch ally, Mr. Pompeo is

lacking the credentials to authoritatively speak on issues pertaining to what's good for America.

[2banon]

13. At first glance...

I thought it was a congressional hearing. lol! so this congress critter thinks he has the authority to dictate video conferencing at this event... That's hilarious. I'm sure he would love to have it.

[RKP5637]

14. OK, ok, yes sir, Mr. Authoritarian of KS. We have all noted your concern. And now will

definitely want to see it.

[bemildred]

15. Thanks for the publicity, Mike. nt

[QuestForSense]

18. My first thought was, I bet he's done this for his OWN publicity.

I hope this is backfiring in the way you suggest.

[bemildred]

19. Unless they cancel, I don't see how it hurts the show.

The people who will watch are not the ones that will listen to Mike.

[Judi Lynn]

20. He's a member of the House Intelligence Committee? Is this a joke?

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Mike Pompeo[/center]
Just leave everything to this guy. He IS from Kansas, after all!

He'll tell us everything we need to know, and it won't take long.

[Lint Head]

21. Go to hell Mike and kiss Satan's ass!

[lunasun]

24. +1 ...

[Javaman]

22. nothing like a little free publicity!

moron right wing stooge.

[AtheistCrusader]

23. Shit like that just lends credence to Snowden's claims.

[SoapBox]

25. Don't forget that Comrade Eddie...

Exposed National secrets (whether you like it or not), weaseled information out of others, fled America, fucked over his girlfriend and screwed his family. He hid out in China and now lives in the lovely country run by Dictator Puty!

Ya...Comrade Eddie is a real "hero".

[ForgoTheConsequence]

26. Glad to see you and Republican Mike Pompeo are on the same page.

The best thing Snowden did was make conservadems expose themselves.

[bvar22]

29. LOL.

I just KNEW that Mike Pompeo would have a little group of vocal supporters here at DU.

Thanks!

[Judi Lynn]

32. They imagine themselves surrounded by beaming Freeper admirers.

That's what gives them strength to scrawl right-wing gibberish here.

[1StrongBlackMan]

27. Sorry Mr. Republican Representative ...

just like We D. People don't get a say in your lobbyist guest list, you don't get a say in SXSW's guest list. Your only choice is to decide whether you will not show up (as a protest statement) to a conference you weren't going to/wouldn't attend, anyway.

[former9thward]

31. Are the Snowden haters going to ally themselves with this idiot?

[Nihil]

37. They already have ... ~6 posts earlier! (n/t)

[DiverDave]

33. Please let the reply be:

Congressman,
Shove it up your ass.
Respectfully, SXSW

[wildbilln864]

34. k & r! n/t

[Orsino]

38. If Pompeo is agin it, I'm fer it.

Wasn't that curious about what Snowden might say until now.