By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/edward-snowden-speaks-sxsw-noon-edt Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Edward Snowden speaks to SXSW at noon EDT Nation Mar 10, 2014 11:55 AM EDT Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden will speak remotely by video stream at noon EDT to an audience at Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest Festival Monday. Scroll down to watch live video. Stream by Texas Tribune AUSTIN, Texas — NSA leaker Edward Snowden is getting ready to speak at this year’s South By Southwest Interactive Festival. But the former NSA contractor won’t appear in person at the conference in Austin on Monday. He’ll participate remotely via video as Snowden remains in Moscow where he’s living in temporary asylum. Snowden faces felony charges in the U.S. after revealing the agency’s mass surveillance program by leaking thousands of classified documents to media outlets. Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, will be speaking to Snowden along with Snowden’s legal adviser, the ACLU’s Ben Wizner. The session begins at 11 a.m. Central Time. The ACLU will offer a live blog of Snowden’s talk on its website and the Texas Tribune’s website will host a live video stream. Fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke at the conference in a similar manner on Saturday. Assange is living in asylum at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Associated Press Associated Press
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden will speak remotely by video stream at noon EDT to an audience at Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest Festival Monday. Scroll down to watch live video. Stream by Texas Tribune AUSTIN, Texas — NSA leaker Edward Snowden is getting ready to speak at this year’s South By Southwest Interactive Festival. But the former NSA contractor won’t appear in person at the conference in Austin on Monday. He’ll participate remotely via video as Snowden remains in Moscow where he’s living in temporary asylum. Snowden faces felony charges in the U.S. after revealing the agency’s mass surveillance program by leaking thousands of classified documents to media outlets. Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, will be speaking to Snowden along with Snowden’s legal adviser, the ACLU’s Ben Wizner. The session begins at 11 a.m. Central Time. The ACLU will offer a live blog of Snowden’s talk on its website and the Texas Tribune’s website will host a live video stream. Fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke at the conference in a similar manner on Saturday. Assange is living in asylum at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now