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Privacy or National Security - have Spy Agencies gone too far?

Presented by: Festival of Politics
0EDINBURGH: The Scottish Parliament
PSaturday 15th August, 2015
N11:30am

Event information

Is terrorism being used as an excuse to curtail our personal liberties? Are we content that our intelligence services are operating within laws that are fit for purpose? Join Chair Professor Alex Danchev, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews to discuss these issues with panellists Luke Harding, Guardian journalist and author of The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man; Nigel Inkster, The International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Professor Alan Miller, Scottish Human Rights Commissioner.

Book signing - Luke Harding will be signing copies of his books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man and Mafia State in the Garden Lobby immediately after the debate.

Venue information

EDINBURGH: The Scottish Parliament
0Horse Wynd
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
> www.festivalofpolitics.org.uk
! 0131 348 5200