There is a hearing Tuesday on NSA & FISA

[TayTay]

Besides being something that Congress should do -- investigate this illegal program and get an explanation from the President as to his Admin's action under FISA -- this might also be a precursor to the Censure hearing on Friday.

""NSA III: War Time Executive Power and the FISA Court" "
Senate Judiciary Committee
Full Committee


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DATE: March 28, 2006
TIME: 09:00 AM
ROOM: Hart 219
OFFICIAL HEARING NOTICE / WITNESS LIST:


NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING

TIME CHANGE TO 9:00 a.m. AND ROOM CHANGE TO HART 219

The hearing on "NSA III: War Time Executive Power and the FISA Court" scheduled by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for Tuesday, March 28, 2006 will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will take place in Hart Building Room 219.


TESTIMONY

MEMBER STATEMENTS

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=1825

This hearing bears watching.

[rsmith6621]

1. It Probably Will Get Moved

to the basement:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[TayTay]

3. No,. it's Specter's call

It is a chance to see what Specter is really going to do here. He is, allegedly, very angry over the way this Admin has been running things and their grab for absolute power. This hearing will show if that is all PR or if Specter really wants to challenge the PRez and his team on this.

Besides, many Sens have said that they want hearings on the illegality of the wiretapping operation by the NSA in violation of the FISA laws before they contemplate the censure resolution that Sen. Feingold has put forward.

Well, here are the hearings. Then the censure hearing comes up on Friday. I wonder if the hearing Tuesday will influence Democratic arguments for or agains the censure res.

[babylonsister]

2. I take it this will not be televised? Thanks for the heads-up.

I wonder if it would do any good to ask CSPAN nicely to cover it?

[TayTay]

4. Closed hearing, according to C-Span

Tuesday, Mar. 28, 20069 a.m.
Judiciary
To resume closed hearings to examine war time executive power and the FISA Court; to be followed by an open session.
SH-219
http://www.capitolhearings.org/
This link takes you to a listing of all scheduled Senate hearings and the link for audio, if the committee is being broadcast live.

C-Span will almost certainly record and play back the open part of the hearing. Check the C-Span3 listing that day.

[babylonsister]

5. Thanks, Tay Tay. I don't trust Specter anymore despite

his supposed anger at the spying. I think he's trying to shut the censure down. But we shall see; should prove to be an interesting week.