Tag: Real Security

This morning, President Bush announced he vetoed the House and Senate passed Intelligence Authorization bill because it extended the prohibition on the use of waterboarding and other harsh coercive interrogation techniques that currently applies to the military to the entire Intelligence Community,… Continue

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on Congress sending the fiscal year 2008 Intelligence Authorization Act Conference Report to the President. President Bush has threatened to veto the legislation because it extends the prohibition on torture contained… Continue

Impact on the National Guard & Reserves Our brave troops have been fighting the war in Iraq for nearly five years and the toll on our national security and homeland defense capability can be felt across the country. From the beginning of… Continue

From Rep. Rush Holt on President Bush’s comments this morning: HOLT STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S MORNING COMMENTS ON FISA DEBATE (Washington, D.C.) — Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12), Chair of the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, released the following statement today in response… Continue

Yesterday, Rand Beers, former Senior Director for Combating Terrorism at the National Security Council, Richard A. Clarke, former head of counterterrorism at the National Security Council, Lt. Gen. Don Kerrick, former Deputy National Security Advisor, and Suzanne Spaulding, former assistant general counsel… Continue

In a letter last week to Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell warned that some telecommunications companies have refused to cooperate with surveillance orders. But less than 24 hours later, the… Continue

Chairmen John Conyers, Silvestre Reyes, Jay Rockefeller, and Patrick Leahy wrote a column published in the Washington Post this morning on the President’s “scare tactics and political games” over surveillance legislation. Scare Tactics and Our Surveillance Bill The Washington Post – February… Continue

Congressman John Conyers (MI-14), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning. In his address, Chairman Conyers discussed Democratic efforts to work in bipartisan manner to pass legislation that will ensure our nation’s security while protecting civil… Continue

Washington, D.C — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on negotiations on a new Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): “The House and Senate met again today to produce a strong new FISA bill and once again, Republicans and the White… Continue

As noted yesterday, on February 14th, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers announced that he would remain in Washington to work on FISA issues after Republicans voted unanimously against an extension of the Protect America Act. President Bush then left on a trip… Continue