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Subject: [Leica] Your saloonkeeper to be on US Public Television
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Fri Apr 6 19:07:32 2007
References: <3F56935F9C98E6BE050A7E07@hindolveston.reid.org>

Brain How did they find you or vise verse , i will be watching, did
you put in a plug for the lug?

On 4/5/07, 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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  regards, mehrdad

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