Has there been anything about the Patriot act hearing on the "News"?

[Roxy66]

I havent seen anything yet...I was suprised not to see it on "Countdown" tonight.

[derby378]

1. Here's one news item

The Republican chairman walked off with the gavel, leaving Democrats shouting into turned-off microphones at a raucous hearing Friday on the Patriot Act.

The House Judiciary Committee hearing, with the two sides accusing each other of being irresponsible and undemocratic, came as President Bush was urging Congress to renew those sections of the post-Sept. 11 counterterrorism law set to expire in September.

Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the panel, abruptly gaveled the meeting to an end and walked out, followed by other Republicans. Sensenbrenner declared that much of the testimony, which veered into debate over the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, was irrelevant.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/10/national/w131851D68.DTL

[cry baby]

4. I sent a link to the video to Olberrmann earlier today.

Maybe he'll have something in a day or two.

[ikojo]

2. Since it was the Republicans who undermined democracy

ONCE AGAIN....it will not be reported.....nothing to see here...just move on....

Now, if the DEMOCRATS pulled the same thing on a REPUBLICAN hearing......WHOA! It would be the talk of talk radio for years and decades to come.

Democrats need to make sure this develops legs and is the talk of the Sunday morning talk shows. You know the pugs would make it so.

[Liberty Belle]

5. GOP House Judiciary Chair Uses Pinochet Tactics to Shut Down Hearing

GOP House Judiciary Chair Uses Pinochet Tactics to Abruptly and Unilaterally Shut Down Hearing Into Abuses of the (Un)Patriot Act, Because He Was Afraid the Truth Would Come Out. America: "IT" is Happening Here. Democracy is Being Dismantled by GOP Thugs.


Buzzflash (6/10/05) -- This morning, House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) unilaterally and arbitrarily shut down committee hearings on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act without comment or issuing a statement. Sensenbrenner gaveled the committee hearings in the middle of witnesses testifying about human and civil rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay, racial profiling of individuals of Middle Eastern descent, prolonged detentions of Americans after September 11th and other abuses.

The suppression of free speech and testimony in the congressional committee in charge of protecting our civil liberties shows the Republican’s power grab has no limits and no decency. The irony was not lost on anyone.

The witnesses appearing before the House Judiciary Committee included, Chip Pitts, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International USA; Dr. James J. Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute; Deborah Pearlstein, Director of the U.S. Law and Security Program “Human Rights First”; and Carlina Tapia Ruano of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

The witnesses were called by the indomitable Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) who continues to stand up to the right-wing’s attempt to eviscerate American Constitutional liberties. . .

http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/05/06/ana05020.html

[rzemanfl]

3. If it is on the "news" it either didn't happen, has to do with a star or

a pretty white woman who is missing or dead. If it is on the Internet but not on the news you can be fairly sure it did happen.