Eric Holder in Singapore. Ask him a question

Eric Holder, the US Attorney General is coming to Singapore to speak on "Security, Privacy and Rights in an Age of Asymmetrical (or Unconventional) Threats" "Asymmetrical Threats:
Responding to Terrorism and Cybercrime while Protecting Civil Liberties" on 19 July at 5pm Singapore time. He will also be on a panel discussion with Singapore's Minister of Law, Mr K Shanmugam, and Judge of Appeal-Designate, Mr Sundaresh Menon.

[UPDATE: the title of the speech has been changed. It appears that security, privacy and rights has been subsumed under the general heading of "civil liberties". The word "protecting" in front of civil liberties is encouraging ... ]

Sounds like a great topic which will probably be about the balance which authorities need to adopt in ensuring security of citizens/residents within their countries and protecting and respecting the privacy and rights of individuals. The discussion will probably be against the backdrop of the multi-threat, multi-vector environment where physical and/or financial loss can be initiated by states, individuals or groups of individuals (who may not be playing by the same rule-book).

We can probably see discussions around drones, license reading cameras, sting operations (e.g. the recent Operation Card Shop), surveillance, access to telecommunication service provider and communication service provider records, and the role of judicial, executive and law-maker oversight.

I will be there at the talk. If you have any interesting questions to ask, let me know and I will see whether I can get them in (and post the answers up) - subject of course to time, decency and relevance : )