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Thursday, January 19, 2006
Watch Conyers' Hearing on Domestic Spying 9AM Friday
From Rep. John Conyers, via his diary on Daily Kos:
Tomorrow (1/20), I will be holding a hearing/briefing on Bush's warrantless domestic spying program. The hearing will commence at 9 AM MT, and will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, Radio Pacifica, and ABC Radio. You can listen online on Pacifica Radio. It will also be covered by CNN, the New York Times, and many bloggers. This is particularly timely since the DOJ today issued a 42 page rant that again attempts to defend the indefensible -- spying on Americans without court approval.
... This is a Huge development. The fact that millions of Americans will be able to tune in and see House Democrats challenging this program will show that we don't need to simply sit on our hands while the Constitution is shredded.
We will have an excellent and bipartisan panel, including Reagan Deputy AG Bruce Fein, GWU Law Professor Jonathan Turley, spying expert and author James Bamford, peace activist Richard Hersh, ACLU DC Director Caroline Frederickson, and Kate Martin of the Center for National Security Studies. I'll be joined at the hearing by my Judiciary Colleagues, Jerrold Nadler, Bobby Scott, Sheila Jackson Lee, Maxine Waters, Adam Schiff, and Chris Van Hollen, among others.
Much, much more will be coming on this abuse, but we need to begin with a good airing of views. See you tomorrow.
January 19, 2006 at 06:04 PM in Events, Media | Permalink
Comments
John Conyers is my hero.
Posted by: Nancy | Jan 19, 2006 6:47:02 PM
I received an article from a friend in Colorado. The article was from the Colorado Daily. The article troubled me a great deal. There was a 2004 quote from President Bush concerning the administration's approach to wire tapping. Here's the quote -- Quote from Bush in 2004 -- "A wiretap requires a court order," President Bush declared in a statement in 2004. He added, "When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order when we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand [that] constitutional guarantees are in place... because we value the Constitution." To me this is such a big deal and the President is the one that evidently said this. I'd like to know what you think about this issue and if your aware of the quote.
Posted by: john | Jan 20, 2006 8:40:04 PM
Yes, I'm aware of the quote. Truly disturbing. We even had a link to a video of Bush saying it up here on the blog for awhile.
Bush will say anything it takes. We will all pay for a long time to come unless Democrats start speaking the truth loudly and standing up for us. But they just seem to go along way too much.
Posted by: barb | Jan 23, 2006 5:51:46 PM
