Subject: Invitation to final panel of Computer Privacy and Data Protection (Brussels Jan 23rd)
From: Caspar Bowden <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:21:36 +0100

(please forward to White House account if appropriate)

Dear Mr. Podesta

The Computer Privacy and Data Protection conference is the leading
European event for officials, academics, and practitioners to discuss
policy, and I would like to invite you to join the final panel with
myself, chaired by the European Data Protection Supervisor, with others
TBD, on the afteroon of Jan 23rd in Brussels.

For the past three years at this conference, I have presented my
analysis of the FISA 702 law, warning policymakers of the risks of
mass-surveillance of Cloud computing, and in consequence the European
Parliament invited me to author the official briefing for their inquiry
after Snowden. The conclusions of this report were largely accepted in
the final Resolution, and mirrored by the EU-US Working Group Report.

Last year I analysed the newly published PPD28 to emphasize that
footnote 9 permitted discrimination by US Person status to continue,
contrary to the principles of universal rights at the core of the
European system.

It is fair to say that over the three years I have presented on this
topic, the eminent CPDP community has become disillusioned with
assurances offered by State and US-EU mission representatives which have
proved to be false.One of the focal points of discussion is a growing
European understanding that authority to conduct foreign intelligence
surveillance is an inherent Presidential prerogative.

This event is an opportunity to send a Presidential representative to
address these questions head on, and express views directly to the most
influential Brussels event forming EU policymaker and academic opinion.

Please consider this request in earnest, and I would be happy to talk
through any aspect by phone informally, if you would like to schedule a call

Yours faithfully

Caspar Bowden
@casparbowden