[Leica] Your saloonkeeper to be on US Public Television

[dommorris at rogers.com (Dominic Morris)]

Sounds pretty intense, but what the heck - I'm the choir, they can  
preach to me all they want.
Looking forward to it.

D.

On 5-Apr-07, at 11:55 PM, Brian Reid 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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