William Binney NSA whistleblower talk... Symp Space Nov 12 @4pm

William Binney, Ray McGovern, Diane Roark and others will be present for the screening of A Good American and will lead a discussion and answer questions following the showing of the film. Sean Stone will moderate the discussion. A Good American is a documentary which chronicles the work of whistleblower William Binney, a former official of the National Security Agency who resigned shortly after the September 11 attacks. Binney contends that his groundbreaking surveillance program, ThinThread, an alternative to mass monitoring, could have prevented the 9/11 attacks, but it was stopped by NSA officials, just 3 weeks before 9/11. Could ThinThread have prevented 9/11? Could it have proved useful in preventing several subsequent terrorist attacks from Madrid, to Paris, to the London Underground? Ask William Binney, described by colleagues as "the best code-breaker in the NSA." A true story from America's recent past-- and key to its future. The film is produced, directed and written by Friedrich Moser. Executive producer is Oliver Stone.--- plus some new reports about Russiagate fraud and Binney meetings with CIA director Pompeo... at the behest of Pres. Trump

Poland Meets Latin America on the Westside, NYC

Symphony Space is holding its own G20 tonight … or at least a G3. The Del Sol Quartet will play music by Polish composers Pawel Mykietyn (who will also be in attendance) and Pawel Szymanski, Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, and Cuban American composer Tania León. Don’t worry, we aren’t shutting down any streets and security will be a breeze. It's in New York NY, just a bit south of Harlem.

Note for more information:

symphonyspace.org | 212.864.5400 | 2537 Broadway at 95th Street
Just two stops from Times Square on the 2 & 3 trains!
All programs and artists subject to change.

Also this week: groove with your kids to the sweet sounds of Elizabeth Mitchell; ask legendary author Judy Blume your pressing questions; catch that Best Foreign Film Oscar winner that ruined your office pool, Departures; decide if that giant orb of naked people is artistic or just creepy at Die Walküre; and let Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason and Tony Award nominee Victor Garber read you some of the Best American Short Stories of 2009.