Russ Feingold to hold hearing TODAY on National Security Letters by the FBI

[LSK]

April 10, 2007

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

TIME CHANGE TO 3:00 p.m.

The hearing on “Responding to The Inspector General’s Findings of Improper Use of National Security Letters by the FBI” scheduled by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution for Wednesday, April 11, 2007 in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building will begin at 3:00 p.m. rather than the previously scheduled time of 2:30 p.m.

Chairman Feingold will preside.

By order of the Chairman


Witness List

Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution on “Responding to The Inspector General’s Findings of Improper Use of National Security Letters by the FBI”

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226
3:00 p.m.

The Honorable Bob Barr
Former Member of Congress
Chairman, Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances
Atlanta, GA

George Christian
Executive Director
Library Connection, Inc.
Windsor, CT

Suzanne E. Spaulding
Principal, Bingham Consulting Group
Of Counsel, Bingham McCutchen LLP
Washington, D.C.

Peter Swire
C. William O'Neil Professor of Law at the Ohio State University
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Washington, D.C.

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2679

webcast link: http://judiciary.senate.gov/webcast/live.ram

[whistle]

1. Will it be on C-Span?

[LSK]

2. I dont know, but you can stream it from the link I provided

[LSK]

3. someone on firedoglake called CSPAN and they said no

[hippiechick]

4. aaaah, Russ

Gotta get him a cape.

[Oilwellian]

5. I see we have the same taste in men

[hippiechick]

8. How could any sane, breathing woman NOT adore him ?!?

[bdamomma]

11. oh, what a nice picture!!!

[bdamomma]

6. I can think of several who can wear capes!!

Leahy
Feingold
Conyers!!!
Kerry
Dodd
Pelosi
Reid
Waxman!!!!!
who else??

[LSK]

7. Kucinich, Tim Ryan, Kendrick Meek

[bdamomma]

9. Peter DeFazio

[MurrayDelph]

24. No capes!

Do you remember Thunderhead? Tall, storm powers? Nice man, good with kids. November 15th of '58! All was well, another day saved, when? his cape snagged on a missile fin!
Stratogirl! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine!
Metaman, express elevator! Dynaguy, snag on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex!

[LSK]

10. It has begun

[LSK]

12. in his opening Statement he is slamming the Patriot Act

Congress was told "trust us" and now it has been proven that they cannot be trusted.

[hippiechick]

13. " ... and it all goes back to the original Patriot Act."

Sic 'em, Russ !!!

[LSK]

14. OMG WHAT IS THIS SWEARING IN BUSINESS?!?!?!?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

15. kick -- definitely worth a listen n/t

[LSK]

16. getting opening statements from everyone right now

[Occulus]

22. Install message: "RealPlayer cannot be installed on Windows XP 64-bit."

[gkhouston]

23. if you're on Windows, can't you use Mplayer?? n/t

[LSK]

25. not for real audio streams as far as I know

[gkhouston]

26. strange. I'm running Linux and I can use Mplayer for streams.

Specifically, I successfully opened that link yesterday after I posted that query to you, just to see if there was something hinky about it.

[bdamomma]

17. I wonder if Senator Feingold will bring up this?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070410/ap_on_go_ot/spy_chi... ;_ylt=An7R.gy7B2SQxYTLCsofbc3MWM0F


McConnell seeks to boost U.S. spy powers

[LSK]

18. I think he'd need another hearing on FISA

Its actually refreshing that someone in the Bush admin actually gives a damn about FISA.

[bdamomma]

19. these Senators have so much shit on their plates, and * is just

shoveling out more, with deception and lies and hatred.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

20. I changed my avatar today to reflect that...

[LSK]

21. ha! good one!