In the world. It takes place in las vegas. Where else . Gadgets and electronics and razzmatazz, it is the highlight of the year in technology. The next ces is just weeks away. Now, the most important events at ces are the keynotes. Major product announcements, diverse gadgets. But in past years, not very diverse speakers. Not diverse at all. You saw it in the headline, the top keynote speakers are all men. Flagship tech conference ces faces backlash for all male keynote speaker lineup noted nbc news. So next year you think the conference will be a bit more woke, but alarm clocks were not a gathet that year either. The headlines for the second year in a row, ces wont feature any female keynote speakers. Ces got its act together, not without a bit of painful reflection and one of the People Holding up the mirror was tiffany moore, she is Vice President of the Consumer Technology association, the Organization Behind ces. She joins us this morning with a preview. Joined by Jennifer Elias o
Address that range of topics. To begin, i have a senior counsel and director of the Freedom Technology and security project. It is a time where we hear a lot about the goal of putting America First. Surveillance states, this often creates some friction with our allies. Our goals may conflict with their desire to protect their own citizens. [cheering and applause] thank you. Hello, everyone. Www. Cdt. Org. I want to talk about the Global Implications of what i call America First surveillance policies. U. S. Surveillance policy, particularly on the intelligence side of the equation discriminates against foreigners in a fairly dramatic way when it comes to surveillance that occurs outside the United States inside the United States it is relatively even between americans and foreigners. When they want to survey out a person in the United States and collect their Communications Content for intelligence purposes, it has to show they are in agent of a foreign power. A Foreign Terrorist Organi
Out the procedure by which the investigations current wily underway are to move forward. The president and his allies called it a sham, comparing it to sovietstyle justice that is unfair to mr. Trump and not consistent with impeachment probes of the past. The president tweeted after the vote the greatest witch hunt in american history. Weve heard that once or twice before. Meantime, democrats continue taking depositions including the first from a person who was actually listening in on the phone call that put the whole impeachment probe in motion, Lieutenant Colonel alexander vinman. He said the transcript of that call released by the white house had some important edits in it. Republicans, however, say none of the edits were senate. The were significant. The person who could bring the most tension is former National Security adviser john bolton who exited the administration in september after repeated clashes with the president over foreign policy, including crew crane. The Panel Anno
Covers the capitol hill ,ewspaper and Catherine Mcmanis also the capitol hill reporter. The first question. Scott thank you for being here. Republicans have been up until now complaining about the cap the impeachment process. As these hearings and depositions have been behind closed doors, but now this Impeachment Vote looking ahead at the process as it moves into the public, can you talk a little bit about what the merits of your arguments look like . President trump has urged republicans to fight impeachment on the merits, not on process. Can you talk about the arguments on the merits will look like Going Forward . Rep. Johnson thats a good question. We just had a lengthy press conference after the house floor after the vote on the floor, which was bipartisan, you saw two democrats vote with the republicans not to proceed with this resolution. But we have problems with both process and the substance, and we are anxious to debate both of those things and do it in the open, and that is
Out the procedure by which the investigations current wily underway are to move forward. The president and his allies called it a sham, comparing it to sovietstyle justice that is unfair to mr. Trump and not consistent with impeachment probes of the past. The president tweeted after the vote the greatest witch hunt in american history. Weve heard that once or twice before. Meantime, democrats continue taking depositions including the first from a person who was actually listening in on the phone call that put the whole impeachment probe in motion, Lieutenant Colonel alexander vinman. He said the transcript of that call released by the white house had some important edits in it. Republicans, however, say none of the edits were senate. The were significant. The person who could bring the most tension is former National Security adviser john bolton who exited the administration in september after repeated clashes with the president over foreign policy, including crew crane. The Panel Anno