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Press release: “U.S. Senate legislation to implement unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 commission includes a bipartisan amendment to declassify the Executive Summary of the CIA Inspector Generals Report on 9/11. The CIA report is the only major 9/11 government review that has not been made public, a fact that the Vice Chairman of the U.S. …
Follow up to related postings on firings of U.S. attorneys: 3/13/2007 – Chairman Conyers Calls on White House, Justice Department to Provide Answers about the Firing of U.S. Attorneys 3/13/2007 – DOJ-Released Documents Regarding Atty. General Firings, Part I 3/13/2007 – DOJ-Released Documents Regarding Atty. General Firings, Part II 3/13/2007 – DOJ-Released Documents Regarding Atty. …
Source: OMB Earmarks – “Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails the ability of the Executive Branch to properly allocate funds. This database is not designed, …
Via FAS: “The steps by which the Justice Department conducts investigations of unauthorized disclosures of classified information (“leaks”) were described by then-Attorney General Janet Reno in 2000 testimony before a closed hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee.” [see this committee press release] Ms. Reno’s testimony included the following statement: “In addition to the difficulties of …
“Chairman Waxman asks Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to respond to a series of unanswered letters, including two letters raising questions about the Presidents claim that Iraq sought uranium from Niger.” Documents and Links: Letter to Secretary Rice Regarding Fabricated Niger Claims June 10, 2003: Administration Statements on Iraq Nuclear Evidence Contradict Known Facts, Raise …
Follow-up to March 5, 2007 posting, Judiciary Committee Hearing on Prosecutorial Independence, the following related government documents: 3/9/2007 – House Judiciary Committee Calls for White House, Miers to Provide Information on Fired U.S. Attorneys: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez expanded their investigation into the U.S. Attorney scandal …
Combating Pretexting: H.R. 936, Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Friday, March 9, 2007 Witness List and Prepared Testimony EPIC: “In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg expressed support for H.R. 936, the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act. …
Press release: “Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-Venice), Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today announced the introduction of two bills that would address and reverse problematic parts of the Military Commissions Act. Both the Restoring the …
Testimony of Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Subcommittees on Health and Oversight on Medicare Program Integrity, March 8, 2007.
Follow up to posting on Libby conviction this week, as well as previous links to CIA leak investigation, today news that “Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. At the hearing, the Committee will receive testimony from …
Senate Intelligence Committee hearing
Statement of Matt Jadacki, Deputy Inspector General for Disaster Assistance Oversight, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Before the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response and Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives, February 28, 2007 (PDF, 10 pages – 70 KB).
