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NEW VIEWS Documentaries & Dialogue – A Good American

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Mon Aug 1, 2016
Aspen, CO

Date

Mon Aug 1, 2016
1:00pm – 3:00pm MDT

Location

Aspen, CO
Aspen Meadows
Paepcke Auditorium

Contact

    [email protected]
    970.544.7914

Hosts

  1. Aspen Community Programs

Presented in collaboration with Aspen Film. Generously underwritten by Leonard Lauder and Jane and Michael Eisner.

“A Good American proves a detailed and trenchant depiction of a passage of U.S. history Americans should be intimately aware of. Sadly, at this point in time, scarce few of them are.” – Medium

A codebreaker genius, a revolutionary surveillance program and corruption across the board of NSA. Against this backdrop unfolds the feature documentary A Good American. The film tells the story of Bill Binney and his program ThinThread and how this perfect alternative to mass surveillance got ditched by NSA for money – 3 weeks prior to 9https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11.jpg

Former NSA intelligence official and film subject Bill Binney will be featured in a post-screening discussion.

Fee: $20. Tickets are available at WWW.ASPENSHOWTIX.COM.

Society of Fellows may reserve complimentary tickets to this event byemailing [email protected] or calling 970.544.7980.

Parking is very limited. Please carpool, walk, ride RFTA or ride a We-cycle bike. Information: WWW.WE-CYCLE.ORG  or WWW.RFTA.COM.

For more information about our presenting partner, please visit ASPENFILM.ORG

Presented in collaboration with Aspen Film. Generously underwritten by Leonard Lauder and Jane and Michael Eisner.

“A Good American proves a detailed and trenchant depiction of a passage of U.S. history Americans should be intimately aware of. Sadly, at this point in time, scarce few of them are.” – Medium

A codebreaker genius, a revolutionary surveillance program and corruption across the board of NSA. Against this backdrop unfolds the feature documentary A Good American. The film tells the story of Bill Binney and his program ThinThread and how this perfect alternative to mass surveillance got ditched by NSA for money – 3 weeks prior to 9https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11.jpg

Former NSA intelligence official and film subject Bill Binney will be featured in a post-screening discussion.

Fee: $20. Tickets are available at WWW.ASPENSHOWTIX.COM.

Society of Fellows may reserve complimentary tickets to this event byemailing [email protected] or calling 970.544.7980.

Parking is very limited. Please carpool, walk, ride RFTA or ride a We-cycle bike. Information: WWW.WE-CYCLE.ORG  or WWW.RFTA.COM.

For more information about our presenting partner, please visit ASPENFILM.ORG