From Moscow, With Aloha: A Recap of Snowden’s Talk in Hawaii (VIDEO)

In case you missed it: Watch a replay of Edward Snowden talking about the morality of breaking the law to enact change, and his only regret.

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Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower on the run, spoke at ACLU Hawaii’s First Amendment Conference live Saturday, via a video link from Moscow, Russia.

The livestream, courtesy of Olelo Community Media, featured Snowden who appeared on a giant screen behind his attorney, Ben Wizner, the director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, and panel moderator Aviam Soifer, dean of the University of Hawaii law school.

The full discussion with Snowden, Wizner and Soifer is below, courtesy of Olelo Community Media:

A full social media recap of the conversation is below:

If you missed it, Olelo will rebroadcast Snowden’s talk on Channel 54. The schedule:

  • 6 p.m., Feb. 15
  • 10:30 a.m., Feb. 20
  • 9 a.m., Feb. 21
  • 1:30 p.m., Feb. 23

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