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Title: Unacceptable oversight... Post by: MoonShadow on August 02, 2012, 11:50:56 AM http://financialservices.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=304699
For Gavin Andreson to have been overlooked as a witness to this event. It's not like they don't know we exist. Title: Re: Unacceptable oversight... Post by: Kluge on August 02, 2012, 11:54:16 AM Maybe it should be concerning that NSA had an unprecedented presence at Def Con, which also had large Bitcoin-user attendance, and AFAIK, the only USG agency to ask for Gavin was the CIA. Doesn't sound like particularly welcoming behavior.
Title: Re: Unacceptable oversight... Post by: herzmeister on August 02, 2012, 01:35:54 PM .gov? "Monetary Freedom"? Does not compute. ???
Title: Re: Unacceptable oversight... Post by: knight22 on August 08, 2012, 02:07:34 AM .gov? "Monetary Freedom"? Does not compute. ??? It's a minority Title: Re: Unacceptable oversight... Post by: Bitcoin Oz on August 08, 2012, 02:46:45 AM One of them tried to mention bitcoin during those hearings but he said "something....coin" instead :)
Title: Re: Unacceptable oversight... Post by: TECSHARE on August 16, 2012, 09:08:17 AM One of the first steps of preventing growth of a diametrically opposed system to the one you control, is to marginalize it by pretending as if it doesn't exist while subsidizing systems that are beneficial to your power structure. Seems to be the care here.
Title: Re: Unacceptable oversight... Post by: eb3full on August 16, 2012, 09:29:23 AM Maybe it should be concerning that NSA had an unprecedented presence at Def Con, which also had large Bitcoin-user attendance, and AFAIK, the only USG agency to ask for Gavin was the CIA. Doesn't sound like particularly welcoming behavior. NSA is perfectly free to attend DEFCON and they've never been discouraged from doing so in the past. One of the tenets of DEFCON is that individuals from all perspectives and positions -- government, big business or otherwise -- should be able to open up a dialogue with the security community. We only benefit from increased speech and participation. They might be a bit creepy (and people are justified being wary of them) but their strategic interests are aligned with the passions of DEFCON attendees. No need to feel intimidated. DEFCON has been on the government's radar for a long time. Now they're actually treating it like a constructive resource and handing it some legitimacy. |