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dmr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:27 PM
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FYI CSPAN: Sen. Feingold’s Secret Government Law Hearing
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=205112-1">CSPAN tonight at 11:55pm will be airing Senator Feingold's Senate Judiciary Cmte. Hearing on Secret Law. The hearing was this morning.

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on the Bush administration’s increasing reliance on secret law and the threat it poses to democratic and accountable government.

From the Judiciary web site (Opening statements or testimony statements can be found at this link, too)

"Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government "
Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
DATE: April 30, 2008
TIME: 09:00 AM
ROOM: Dirksen
OFFICIAL HEARING NOTICE / WITNESS LIST:

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution on “Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government” for Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Chairman Feingold will preside.
By order of the Chairman


Steven Aftergood
Director
Project on Government Secrecy
Federation of American Scientists
Washington, DC

Bradford Berenson
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Washington, DC

John P. Elwood
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
United States Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Dawn Johnsen
Professor
Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington
Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
Bloomington, Indiana

Heidi Kitrosser
Associate Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

J. William Leonard
Former Director
Information Security Oversight Office
Leonardtown, Maryland

David Rivkin
Partner
Baker Hostetler
Washington, DC

If you wouldn't mind, please give this a kick every once in a while for others to read. Thanks
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:33 PM
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1. Thanks for posting this.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:39 PM
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2. Thank you --- I'll try to catch it ---
Cheers for Feingold!

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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 09:59 PM
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4. You can watch it any time at this link
Edited on Wed Apr-30-08 09:59 PM by seemslikeadream
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 09:56 PM
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3. KnR for more visibility..
Thanks for the heads up, dmr!
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housewolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:07 PM
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5. This just started
n/t
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:19 PM
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6. J. William Leonard
WAS GREAT
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:22 PM
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7. Thanks K&R n/t
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