Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] Your saloonkeeper to be on US Public Television
From: eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi)
Date: Fri Apr 6 06:27:59 2007
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ditto!

Ed


El 06/04/2007, a las 02:52, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:

> Wish I could see it.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On 4/6/07, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
>>
>> The week of April 15, US Public Television will broadcast what  
>> they call
>> "A Major Public Television Event".
>>
>> Its website is here:
>>
>> http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/
>>
>> This will be six days of documentaries, 2 hours each evening, with  
>> titles
>> like "The men and ideas behind al Qaeda" and "The case for war: in  
>> defense
>> of freedom".
>>
>> On Friday April 20 at 9pm (coastal times), there is a 1-hour show  
>> titled
>> "Security vs Liberty: the other war". It was produced by ABC News on
>> contract for PBS. It explores the clampdown on freedom in the name of
>> security, including the Patriot Act, warrantless wiretapping, and  
>> so on. The
>> web page for that segment is here:
>>
>> http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/ 
>> show_security_vs_liberty.html
>>
>> I was extensively interviewed for this film, and the producers  
>> tell me
>> that even though my name does not appear in the outline of the  
>> show, there
>> are several minutes of conversation with me on the topic of the  
>> National
>> Security Agency's wiretaps of the AT&T facility in San Francisco.  
>> It seems
>> that I am nearly the only person who has seen this setup, who  
>> understands
>> the technology, and who wasn't going to get fired for talking to  
>> ABC News
>> about it.
>>
>>         "If the war against terror is truly the long struggle our
>>          leaders say it will be, then so too will be the struggle
>>          to set the right balance between security and liberty. This
>>          program provides compelling human stories as well as
>>          valuable information that will help Americans better come
>>          to grips with the difficult choices we face."
>>                 -- from the show's promo material
>>
>> I'm not sure I have the fortitude to watch 12 hours of public  
>> television
>> in one week, but I know I'll watch the Friday Night segment. I  
>> hope that in
>> the final edit I don't make a fool of myself.
>>
>> Brian Reid
>> LUG Saloonkeeper and novice photographer
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich) ([Leica] Your saloonkeeper to be on US Public Television)
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