Tag: Real Security

From the Judiciary Committee: House Judiciary Committee to Hold FISA Hearings (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) announced that the committee will hold a hearing next week titled, “Warrantless Surveillance and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA):… Continue

From the Committee on Homeland Security: Thompson to Hold Hearing on DHS Spy Satellite Program August 28, 2007 (WASHINGTON) — On Thursday, September 9th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, will hold a full Committee… Continue

Majority Whip James Clyburn responded to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: “The resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is long overdue. His tumultuous tenure was marked by an unprecedented disregard for our nation's civil rights laws and fundamental civil liberties… Continue

The resignation of Attorney General Gonzales is long overdue. The rampant politicization of federal law enforcement that occurred under his tenure seriously eroded public confidence in our justice system. The President must now restore credibility to the office of the Attorney General…. Continue

Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel issued the following statement after Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation: “Alberto Gonzales is the first Attorney General who thought the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth were three different things. The President… Continue

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers released the following statement in response to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ resignation: “It is a sad day when the Attorney General of the United States resigns amid a cloud of suspicion that the system of justice has… Continue

Former Senator Max Cleland of Georgia delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning. He discussed President Bush’s speech this week comparing the ongoing war in Iraq to the Vietnam War and the need to bring our troops home safely from an open-ended… Continue

US Tasked to Scan Millions of Containers Jim Abrams, Associated Press – Auguest 23, 2007 The specter of a nuclear bomb, hidden in a cargo container, detonating in an American port has prompted Congress to require 100 percent screening of U.S.-bound ships… Continue

Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel issued the following statement on the new National Intelligence Estimate which shows little to no progress and cast doubt on the Iraqi government's ability to improve conditions in Iraq. Emanuel's statement is below: “The war in Iraq… Continue

Washington, D.C.—Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today sent President Bush the following letter, requesting that the President provide all documents and other information sought by the House and Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees in order to conduct oversight… Continue