The cell phones before we begin to see if they have been turned off, we will appreciate it. Our panelists are here and we would think presdient Vladimir Putin. We have the focus on u. S. Government institution and programs for strategic outreach to the public a Foreign Countries as well as more traditional diplomacy. She is a fellow at the Hoover Institution and serves on the board on political journalism and the center for free inquiry at Hanover College and is a member of the council on Foreign Relations. Please join me in welcoming helle dale. [applause] we are here to talk about the ukraine and today we will be looking at the elections in the president ial elections coming up on sunday. These are quite contested, it is a subject that are three analysts who cover from a number of perspectives, one of which i am sure whether they will take place at all. There are some in the ukraine and in Eastern Ukraine the first speaker is going to be Janusz Bugajski. He is welcomed and it is grea
It includes comments by Edward Snowden. Imagine a place of people dedicating their lifes to others. This is an object in a cruel experiment and over us to supervise this is a dictatorship. A kind of north korea like situation. [laughter] welcome. [ applause ] c1 welcome to this extraordinary debate on state surveillance. My name is rudyard griffiths. Its my privilege to act as the organizer of this semiannual series and to once again serve as your moderator. I want to start tonights proceedings by welcoming the north american Wide Television and Radio Audience tuning into this debate everywhere, from the canadian broadcasting corporation, to cpac, canadas Public Affairs channel, to cspan across the continental u. S. A warm hello also to the thousands of people watching this debate live right now on the internet, on theintercept. Com and munkdebates. Com. Its terrific to have you as virtual participants in tonights proceedings. And finally, hello to you, the over 2500 people whove once
Comes down on cspan2. We will go live to the Heritage Foundation a Panel Discussion scheduled on the upcoming president ial elections in ukraine set for this sunday may 25. Citizens will vote for the successor to a place be ousted president that fled to russia back in february. Topic expected to be discussed include involvement in ukraine, security concerns during the election and policy implications with the u. S. Lets go to the coverage under way right now on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and the Louis Lehrman auditorium and welcomed to those of us joining on the heritage. Org website. We would ask everyone to be so kind to check cell phones as we check that they have been turned off and i guess our panelists will address the fact that we can thank president putin for discussing ukraine as the lead into the panel. The post this morning is helle dale for Public
You for being with us this morning. With us here at the United States institute of peace. We are committed to trying to today, a Panel Discussion hosted by the washington post. Include barton gelman. That collected metadata on americans phone records. Tonight at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. For over 35 years, cspan brings Public Affairs of ants washington directly to you about putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences. Offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u. S. House, all as a Public Service of private industry. We are cspan, rated by the cable industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or semiprovider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. On monday, the heritage held a hold it conference on russian politics and influence. Panelists talked about the effectiveness of government backed media broadcasts like voice of america. This is just under two hours. Welco
Of stamp of approval of the students will right and that survivors were right. The thing that can be a powerful tool, but not so much the removal of all federal funds. This is really an important challenge because i have not had as much experience making laws as the folks at this table, but i have tried to enforce them over the years. Making a statute enforceable is a real art. Part of it depends on crafting a penalty that is realistic and enforceable. My sense is that we still have work to do on the penalties under title ix first because the penalty hence the students more than anyone else. It is, right now, very draconian for all those reasons it probably will be enforced. It would be nice to have a statute that was often force in. Really this out to be an area where it should be because the universities of to be eager to be complying with the standards and expectations that title ix creates. So i would appreciate your continuing to think and senator Claire Mccaskill is right. I have