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March 27, 2006
US Senate Judiciary Schedules Hearing on NSA Surveillance
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 Dirksen Building Room 226.
Witness List for the Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on NSA III: Wartime Executive Powers and the FISA Court
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226 9:00 a.m.
PANEL I
The Honorable Harold A. Baker
Judge
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Urbana, IL
The Honorable Stanley S. Brotman
Judge
U.S. District Court of New Jersey
Camden, NJ
The Honorable John F. Keenan
Judge
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
New York City, NY
The Honorable Allan Kornblum
Magistrate Judge
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Gainesville, FL
PANEL II
Morton H. Halperin
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
Executive Director
Open Society Policy Center
Washington, D.C.
David S. Kris
Senior Vice President
Time Warner, Inc.
New York, NY
Posted by EPIC at March 27, 2006 6:00 PM
