rmslade@shaw.ca
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:57:26 -0700
Ross Anderson (yes, *that* Ross Anderson, the one who wrote "Security
Engineering," the best single volume for security and the one I recommend to
anyone taking the exam, and he even put it online for everyone) was to
receive an award at a ceremony in Washington, DC (richly deserved, whatever
it was).
And the U.S. wouldn't give him a visa to come get it.
(By the way, *anything* Anderson writes is worth reading. Even if it's not your immediate field.)
[The visa situation is actually a bit more complicated, in that Ross did
not need a visa if he had only been receiving the award -- the desired
trip had another purpose as well. Nevertheless, the rejection seems
utterly ridiculous. PGN]