Brad Blog posts entire transcript of Congressman Conyers' NSA hearing

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EXCLUSIVE: Complete Transcript of Last Week's House Judiciary Democratic Hearings on Warrantless NSA Wiretapping of American Citizens

The BRAD BLOG has obtained the official transcript of last week's congressional hearings on warrantless NSA wiretapping as authorized (on at least thirty occassions) by the Bush Administration. The event was officially titled, "CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS: DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE AND EXECUTIVE POWER".

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On the day prior to the hearings, however, the DoJ issued a 42-page document declaring the warrantless wiretaps of American citizens on U.S. soil to be "legal". Judiciary Committee member, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) spoke to that document during the hearings commenting that, "making their argument longer did not make it any better." The comment received laughter from the hearing room. Van Hollen followed it up by charging:

I have to say that any first-year law student would, after reading this, quickly conclude that the arguments were specious. And I think that if you had a private attorney in Washington, D.C., or anywhere in this country provide their client with this kind of advice, they would be sued for malpractice. And I believe that this opinion is malpractice on the American people.

Link: http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002321.htm

Peace.