2014 Liberty Forum Features Author, Social Critic, and Political Activist Naomi Wolf - Press Release - Digital Journal

2014 Liberty Forum Features Author, Social Critic, and Political Activist Naomi Wolf - Press Release - Digital Journal

Today the Free State Project announced the speakers at its seventh annual Liberty Forum, which will highlight political activism, whistleblowers, and solutions to the national security state. This year’s theme: Watching the Watchers. Regarded as one of the most prestigious liberty conferences worldwide, Liberty Forum will be held February 20-23, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua, and attracts speakers and attendees from across the globe.

“After Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA spying, we knew we wanted to highlight the surveillance state,” said Carla Gericke, president of the Free State Project. “One of our featured speakers, Thomas Drake, was Snowden before Snowden.”

Drake, a former NSA senior executive, became a material witness and whistleblower for two 9/11 congressional investigations. The Justice Department targeted, prosecuted, and indicted Drake for espionage as a whistleblower--and lost. Drake’s attorney, Jesselyn Radack, who together with Drake visited Snowden in Russia earlier this year, will also be speaking.

Friday evening’s keynote speaker is international bestselling author and political activist Naomi Wolf. Wolf’s New York Times bestseller, The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, is an impassioned call to return to the aspirations and beliefs of the Founders’ ideals of liberty. Her book Give Me Liberty: A Handbook For American Revolutionaries, includes effective tools for citizens to promote civic engagement.

Cody Wilson, best-known as a co-founder of Defense Distributed, a non-profit organization that develops and publishes open source gun designs suitable for 3D printing, will also be in attendance. Wilson was named one of "The 15 Most Dangerous People in the World” by Wired Magazine's "Danger Room."