Edward Snowden and Ron Paul Kick Off Libertarian Student Conference With a Little Kerfuffle About Russia
The libertarian icons meet fans, and some other people.
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"You're going to make me blush," said Edward Snowden.
It was a little after 6 p.m., and the NSA whistleblower's face and shoulders were gazing out, billboard-sized, at hundreds of cheering young libertarians. Snowden was beamed in to talk to the largest-ever International Students for Liberty conference, newly relocated to Washington's largest hotel. Snowden, whose highest degree was a GED, was honored as an honorary alumnus of the eight-year old organization. For 15 minutes he restated a case against the surveillance state that had no rebuttal in the room.