Anybody watching the House Judiciary hearings on CSPAN3?

[MiniMe]

Its about the FBI security letters. Even Sensebrenner was going after them.

[napi21]

1. Yes! I had to laugh when the FBI was chastized for "sloppy work,

lack of proper training, and lack of direction"! The Rep. asking the questions said "THIS IS THE FBI!" There's NO excuse!

[Hepburn]

2. Watching....just started, tho.

On the West Coast and just got up and got coffee and emailed a link to the hearing to someone.

So far...not awake!

[Hepburn]

3. Interesting ~~

Maxine W just asked if they had been sworn in. Wonder what she knows?

Edit for typo ~~ not quite awake yet!

[MiniMe]

6. And Conyers just said that deliberately misleading is punishable

Point made

[MiniMe]

7. Maxine Waters is awesome!

Nailing that woman down about how many records they have on innocent people. Woman of course, can't answer.

[Hepburn]

8. I liked that and that he put it on the record...

...as a warning to what could happen! And IMO, if anyone is storying to them today, they should take that as a promise coming from him.

[Norquist Nemesis]

10. I was surprised they weren't

Been watching from the beginning. :hi:

When Watt was questioning, the FBI General Counsel testified they have destroyed documents because of this investigation. Unfortunately, his time ran out just as he was really getting to the nitty-gritty about it.

[MiniMe]

4. Maxine Waters up now

[ThomWV]

5. From The Beginning

Stunning ....

[Hepburn]

9. If the phone records are critical...

...why not go to a judge and prove up the PC and get a signed warrant? It's NOT like the phone records are going to get up and walk away, right? So...what's the need to use a letter?

[MiniMe]

11. Now asking why signed copies of the letters weren't retained

No answer

[Hepburn]

12. That seems like a standard thing to do with ANYTHING...

...retain a copy of it. Why the heck would they not do this...unless there was some reason to NOT do so. And the only reasons I can think of are BAD reasons.

[LSK]

13. 1 out of 143,000+ has lead to a terrorism conviction???

Did I get that right?

[MiniMe]

14. Only 1 case in 142,000 has resulted in prosecution

Sounds effective to me :sarcasm:

[BuyingThyme]

15. 1 out of 143,000?

How surprising.

Now, let's talk basketball.

[Hepburn]

17. Man, is Fenney a tool!

Thanks them for their work? Yeah, right ~~ thank you for illegally spying on good Americans to get that WONDERFUL rate of success of 1 prosecution out of around 150K letters.

What total BS!

[MiniMe]

16. Feeney is a wienie!

[Hepburn]

18. Oh, please...`

...they don't have an answer because they have not reviewed the 2006 letters? How convenient! :eyes:

[Hepburn]

19. Ooooooh, good questions from Arthur Davis!

Wow...he is NAILING them! Good job!

[Hepburn]

20. Delete

Delete ~~ had trouble posting and message posted 3 times! Sorry!

[Hepburn]

21. Delete

Delete

[MiniMe]

22. Whoa, who is the congressman nailing Fine?

Talk about making him squirm

[Hepburn]

23. Arthur Davis ~~ I think

Having problems posting and may have missed something in the hearing.

[Eurobabe]

28. self- delete

[Hepburn]

24. Issa is going after them?

What??? He has a brain transplant overnight and NOW is not a BushCo tool?

[Norquist Nemesis]

27. He's still a BushCo tool. "...from the Atty General on down"

leaves out those above the Atty General. You know, the one's who set Policy.

[Hepburn]

32. Exactly.

Guess going after the FBI is a "popular" stance to take or Issa would not be doing this. He is a total POS in all other hearings.

[Eurobabe]

25. Hang on, watching the last vote in Sen. turning back the clock

on that slick Patriot Act clause.

[Hepburn]

33. The one about the US Atty appointment without Confirmation?

[loudsue]

26. They need to go back to the guy who said he was DESTROYING

records! WHY did they destroy the records? That's the drip that turns into a flood!

:kick:

[Norquist Nemesis]

29. Oh, you mean the FBI's General Counsel

Yeah, that put my jaw on the floor too.

[Eurobabe]

30. Keith Ellison questioning now

[Eurobabe]

31. Why is it just since the Dems gained control that all agencies are suddenly concerned

about doing their jobs properly? This is such a crock of shit! It's like school was out for SIX LONG YEARS!

[Hepburn]

34. Good questions from Ellison...

...about if people were notified.

[Sydnie]

35. Do you have a link for this?

Thanks in advance.

[MiniMe]

36. It was on cspan3, its over now.