House Judiciary Committee - Nov 08, 2007


Oversight Hearing on Torture and the Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment of Detainees: The Effectiveness and Consequences of “Enhanced” Interrogation

House Committee on the Judiciary - November 08, 2007

Witnesses:
Malcolm W. Nance, Anti-terrorism/Counter-terrorism Intelligence Specialist, Former SERE Instructor
Steven Kleinman, Colonel, USAFR, Intelligence & National Security Specialist, Senior Intelligence Officer/Military Interrogator
Amrit Singh, Staff Attorney at the ACLU

Podcast, 38.6MB mp3



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Congressional Hearings - Nov 5, 2007

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The big hearings for this week are the Senate Judiciary Committee's consideration of the Mukasey nomination on Tuesday and FISA on Thursday.


Tuesday, 10 am - Senate Judiciary
Business meeting to continue consideration of the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey, of New York, to be Attorney General.

Tuesday, 2 pm - House Oversight and Government Affairs
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Hearing: Six Years Later (Part II): ‘Smart Power’ and the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post-9/11 World

Wednesday, 2 pm - House Foreign Affairs
Oversight Hearing: Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistan
Witness:
John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State

Thursday, 10 am - House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Oversight Hearing on Torture and the Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment of Detainees: The Effectiveness and Consequences of “Enhanced” Interrogation

Thursday, 10 am - Senate Judiciary
Business meeting to consider several bills including
S. 2248, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act.

Thursday, 10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine localism, diversity, and media ownership.


Details and the full list with scores more hearings below the fold...Read More...
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