{"id":6565,"date":"2015-10-11T23:34:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T11:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=6565"},"modified":"2015-10-18T17:50:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:50:28","slug":"my-live-rare-question-for-senator-ron-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=6565","title":{"rendered":"My (live, rare) Question for Senator Ron Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATED:
\nListen to this event via a mp3 audio file<\/a>. My question begins at about 30:40 of the 58 minute event.<\/p>\n

\"Senator<\/p>\n

I often try to attend WisPolitics’ periodic lunches. These events feature members of the political class, including elected officials, candidates, lobbyists and many other parts of the “machine”. <\/p>\n

The meetings are a rare opportunity<\/em> to publicly question our elected officials [3]. <\/p>\n

And so it was on Friday, that current US Senator Ron Johnson, running for re-election in 2016, participated in a WisPolitics event. <\/p>\n

My question:<\/p>\n

I am glad that you mentioned liberty and accountability (in your opening remarks). <\/p>\n

During the past few years, the CIA has admitted hacking into the Senate computers [1] and the Director of National intelligence acknowledged lying to Congress [2]. Both are felonies. Yet, nothing has been done.<\/p>\n

You have voted repeatedly for secret courts and domestic spying. How will our grandkids view these decisions?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Johnson defended his votes (I did not get the sense that he understands these issues in depth – see Barton Gellman at Purdue<\/a>) and mentioned that he has met with members of the “secret courts”. I responded that the lack of oversight does little for most Americans and that the non secret courts have begun to require warrants for certain government actions. <\/p>\n

Suggested Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eben Moglen on Snowden and the future.<\/a><\/p>\n

Retroactive immunity<\/a> for US telecom companies.<\/p>\n

Behind the European Privacy Ruling That\u2019s Confounding<\/a> Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n

Why Sony\u2019s Breach Matters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parallel Construction<\/a><\/p>\n

Stingray phone tracker<\/a><\/p>\n

How is NSA breaking so much crypto?<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Another perspective: The Painful Truth About Snowden – John Schindler<\/a>. <\/p>\n

John Oliver interviews Edward Snowden<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Secret History of American Surveillance<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Suggested Films:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Citizen Four<\/a> and the Lives of Others<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to this event via a mp3 audio file<\/a>. My question begins at about 30:40 of the 58 minute event.<\/p>\n

Watch it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Senator<\/p>\n

[1] CIA hacks into Senate computers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[2] Director of National intelligence acknowledged lying to Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[3] A question free<\/em> Madison appearance: Russ Feingold and Elizabeth Warren<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[4] The Cap Time’s Jessie Opoien posted a thin event summary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

wispolitics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ron Johnson’s Campaign Website<\/a> 2010 campaign website<\/a> via archive.org My archive<\/a>. @senronjohnson<\/a><\/p>\n

Russ Feingold’s Campaign Website<\/a>. 2002 website<\/a> and 2010<\/a> via archive.org My archive<\/a>. @russfeingold<\/a><\/p>\n

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UPDATED: Listen to this event via a mp3 audio file. My question begins at about 30:40 of the 58 minute event. I often try to attend WisPolitics’ periodic lunches. These events feature members of the political class, including elected officials, candidates, lobbyists and many other parts of the “machine”. The meetings are a rare opportunity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6565"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6565"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6596,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6565\/revisions\/6596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}