How TED Got Edward Snowden and the NSA Deputy Director Onstage

VANCOUVER, Canada — TED Curator Chris Anderson on Tuesday joked that the National Security Agency was watching Edward Snowden’s appearance, which everyone thought was a surprise at the time. Then he threw conference-goers for another loop the next day when he announced that NSA Deputy Director Rich Ledgett would respond in a video interview

“We didn’t realize [Snowden] was going to show up there, so kudos to you guys,” Ledgett said during the conference on Thursday.

And that was truly believable to the crowd. The interview, which was left off the official TED schedule until Wednesday evening, seemed reactionary. Maybe it was something Snowden had said on Tuesday that finally compelled the agency’s highest civilian authority to respond? Read more…

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