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
Marianne williamson will be speaking. And shell answer questions from embers of the media. Good afternoon. Welcome to the National Press club. My name is alison and im the washington investigative editor and im the 112th president of the National Press club. Our guest is a candidate for the Democratic National nomination. And she has spent half a lifetime as author, activist and faith leader. She has been speaking, writing and writing about spirituality and politics. Author of 14 books, four that reached number one including the last one. She has founded several nonprofit organizations including the Peace Alliance and project angel food, a nonprofit, that has delivered millions of males of americans since 1989. She joins us here to detail her cigna proposals establishment of a department of peace. Lease join me in welcome ms. Marianne williamson. [applause] ms. Williamson this is quite a historic building. Its wonderful to have this opportunity to speak to you. As i walking through the
Club. Here are her remarks. Good afternoon. Welcome to the National Press club. My name is alison and im the washington investigations editor at the Associated Press and im the 112th president of the National Press club. Our guest is a candidate for the Democratic National nomination. And she has spent half a lifetime as author, activist and aith leader. She has been speaking, writing working about the intersection of spirituality and politics. Shes the author of 14 books, four that reached number one including the last one. She has founded several nonprofit organizations including the Peace Alliance and project angel food, a nonprofit, that has delivered millions of males of americans since 1989. She joins us here to detail her cigna proposals establishment of a department of peace. Please join me in welcome ms. Marianne williamson. [applause] ms. Williamson thank you, everyone. Thank you for being here. This is quite a historic building. Its wonderful to have this opportunity to spea
Americas elections. I will now recognize myself when Opening Statement. Yesterday the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system come close quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. They are elections very core of our democracy under a aa tactic special counsel most report in no Uncertain Terms detailed how reform government attack on her 2016 elections. The russian objectives were clear, deep in distress and discord in a society come secure the election of one candidate of president over the other, and in so doing undermined confidence in the integrity of our elections and damaged our nations standing in the world. There is no evidence russian affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did successfully steal thousands of documents from american citizens that
It can become law. Its likely to be vetoed by georgias president , but parliament can override the veto with an additional vote. Critics are dubbing it the russia law. They say that its similar to legislation russia uses to suppress certain opinions and silence critics of the kremlin. Those who oppose the bill also argue that the legislation could negatively affect georgias chances ofjoining the european union. He bbcs Rayhan Demytrie has been on the ground in tbilisi and sent this report from. They marched in with a warning against the protesters who have been demonstrating outside parliament for weeks. Protesters stood defiantly, refusing to move away. And then violence. All in the name of a contentious law, which protesters fear will mark the end of georgias democracy. You get a sense, now, they are moving more intensely, and the protesters are beginning to boo. Theyre being pushed away from the square. We will be in the eu. We will be in the eu freedom to the georgians georgian peo