Beyond Orwell
Posted in Matters of Urgency
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
7:00 PM | Gaston Hall
In this time of heightened suspicion and increasing questions surrounding mass government surveillance, Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice is pleased to announce our “Matters of Urgency” event for spring 2014: “Beyond Orwell: Surveillance, Secrets, and Whistleblowers in the Security State,” an evening of talks and discussion by prominent whistle-blowers of our time and the journalists who brought their disclosures to light.
“Beyond Orwell” will feature an address by Daniel Ellsberg, who famously released The Pentagon Papers to the New York Times in 1971, helping to bring about an end to the Vietnam War. Journalist Glenn Greenwald will join us by video, and other guests will include Thomas Drake (former NSA Executive), Ray McGovern (former National Intelligence Estimates Chair), Jesselyn Radack (former Ethics Advisor to the US Department of Justice and Edward Snowden’s attorney), and Coleen Rowley (former FBI agent). Moderated by author and film producer (of the recently acclaimed documentary “Dirty Wars”) Anthony Arnove.
Co-sponsors include The Georgetown Lecture Fund, Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, the GUSA Fund, the Department of Government, the Program on Justice and Peace, the Department of Government, the Student Lecture Fund, and the Department of History at American University
This event is free and open to the public.
Participants
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Arnove
Thomas Drake
Glenn Greenwald
Ray McGovern
Jesselyn Radack
Coleen Rowley