Anyone listening to the NSA - illegal wiretapping hearings now?

[TayTay]

The Senate Judiciary Committee is having a hearing on the NSA Wiretapping issue and on the FISA laws and how they pertain to this.

Get the hearing here:

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

[TayTay]

1. Witness list for this hearing

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 9:30 a.m. and will take place in Dirksen Building Room 226.

Witness List
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
9:30 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

[TayTay]

2. Judge Allan Kornblum up now

He is saying that the 4th Amendment gives the Pres the right to do this wiretapping without any further Congressional approval.

[rox63]

8. Hmm, the 4th amendment to what country's constitution?

I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty certain it isn't our constitution that allows this.

[ShortnFiery]

3. It's a C-SPAN 3 Link ...

Glad that I have Broadband. It's my impression most cable outlets only offer C-SPAN 1 and 2?

[TayTay]

4. I wish some lawyers would check in on this thread

I can only report very, very broadly on what I hear. Sigh!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. yep. I have to stream 3 also nt

[Sydnie]

6. thanks for the heads up Tay Tay n/t

[TayTay]

7. So far, Judge Kornblum

is makign the case that the searches are legal. He is saying that the communications revolution has far exceeded the law's ability to keep up. (This is the Admin's argument, isn't it?) He is relating the difficulty in tracking people.

[rox63]

10. That's still no excuse for them to not get a warrant

Especially when they can do it after the fact.

[TayTay]

9. DU has an official thread for this

I think it might invite more knowledgeable people to this than me to explain what is going on.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x772849