Edward Snowden makes an appearance at the SXSW in Austin, Texas to speaks about privacy and technology with the ACLU's Ben Wizner and Christopher Soghoian.

The Verge says that while this is a rare opportunity to hear thoughts directly from Snowden, who has been staying in Russia since shortly after leaking the trove of secret government documents exposing broad surveillance programs to the press, not everyone is interested in his presence. Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, has written a lengthy open letter to SXSW's organizers asking that they call off his appearance.



If you happened to miss the live broadcast - the ACLU has it posted on their website along with a timeline of the interview.

He does not sound at all like what I expected.