Snowden, Assange and Greenwald scheduled to address Texas tech conference from abroad — RT USA

Snowden, Assange and Greenwald scheduled to address Texas tech conference from abroad — RT USA:

 Three of the top presenters scheduled to speak at a technology conference in Texas next week will deliver their remarks remotely due to leak investigations that have left them all unable or unwilling to come to the United States.

Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden will discuss the impact of the National Security Agency’s spy efforts at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas next Monday, organizers announced this week.

Planners for SXSW said on Tuesday that Snowden, the 30-year-old ex-systems analyst who leaked secret NSA documents to the media last year, will participate in a live discussion at the festival via teleconference from Russia. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and journalist Glenn Greenwald have both previously agreed to speak at this year’s event as well.

Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange.(AFP Photo / Evaristo Sa / Channel 4 / Anthony Devlin)