Amazing news coming from a twitter chat between Edward Snowden and Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay McKesson where they agreed to have a public debate on police violence and surveillance.
Here is the exchange that begins with Snowden:
Read entire exchange at Huffpo.
Mckesson also brought up how activists like him have been monitored by government officials. He asked Snowden for tips on how activists can safeguard their information and protect their organization.
Snowden, in turn, asked Mckesson how people "can highlight the danger" of intelligence officials targeting civil rights activists -- which has occurred throughout American history, most notably during the Civil Rights movement.
In the end, the two agreed to hold a public debate about these topics, which, judging from the Twitter exchange, could be very interesting.
We are indeed living in interesting times.