On the Key Role Intelligence Agencies Can Play to Restore our Democratic Institutions
par
Yvo Desmedt
Distinguished Professor in Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas
Jeudi 5 Mai, 15:30-16:30, Salle 3195, Pavillon André-Aisenstadt
Université de Montréal, 2920 Chemin de la Tour
Résumé:
On 26th of October 2012, at the closed workshop on "Online Security & Civil Rights: a Fine Ethical Balance", Hertfordshire, UK, the speaker put forward the idea that intelligence agencies should work for the People and not for the government. This means that the intelligence agencies should spy on those working in the government and those working for lobbyists. The recipient of this information should be the public at large. The foundation of this idea comes from the Magna Carta and the US Civil Rights Bill that regard "We the People" as the trustworthy party and the government as potentially corrupt.
After the Snowden leaks, it has become evident that a discussion is needed on how to reorganize the huge intelligence agencies so that they fit a Western thinking and to avoid they are evolving into a clone of what the KGB and the Stasi used to be.
La présentation sera donnée en anglais. Les questions en français seront néanmoins les bienvenues.
