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Disclosure of Classified Information to Congress, hearings before Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 4 & 11, 1998

CURRENT AND PROJECTED NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES AND ITS INTERESTS ABROAD
28 January 1997 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Sen. Shelby, Chair, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
• George Tenet Director of Central Intelligence
• Lieutenant General Patrick M. Hughes, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Ms. Toby Gati Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (INR)
• Louis Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Computer Security in the Federal Government
February 10, 1998 - Senate Commerce Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee

• G. Edward DeSeve, Comptroller and Acting Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget
• Raymond Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Frank Perry, Assistant Deputy Director, Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization, Defense InformationSystems Agency, Department of Defense
• Len Baptiste, Director of Systems Standards and Evaluation, Internal Revenue Service
• Lee Holcolmb, Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Threats to US National Interests
February 12, 1998, House National Security Committee

• JOHN DEUTCH former Director of Central Intelligence
• R. James Woolsey former Director of Central Intelligence

Foreign Terrorists in America: Five Years After the World Trade Center 
February 24, 1998 Senate Judiciary Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information Subcommittee

• J. Gilmore Childers and Henry J. DePippo Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle
• Patrick J. Colgan, Jr. PBL Associates
• Dale Watson, Chief International Terrorism Section, National Security Division Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Walter D. Cadman Counterterrorism Coordinator, Office of Field Operations Immigration and Naturalization Service
• RICHARD A. ROHDE DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS U.S. SECRET SERVICE
• Ben Jacobson, Peregrine Group
• OMAR ASHMAWY
• Steven Emerson The Investigative Project

Radio Frequency Weapons and Proliferation: Potential Impact on the Economy
February 25, 1998 Joint Economic Committee United States Congress

• Jim Saxton Chairman, Joint Economic Committee
• R. Alan Kehs Army Research Lab
• Ira W. Merritt Chief, Concepts Identification and Applications Analysis Division Advanced Technology Directorate, Missile Defense and Space Technology Center U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
• James F. O'Bryon Deputy Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Live Fire Testing Office of the Secretary of Defense
• David Schriner Principal Engineer, Directed Energy Studies, Electronic Warfare Associates

International Organized Crime Syndicates and their Imapct on the United States
February 26, 1998 Senate Foreign Relations 
Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics, and Terrorism Subcomittee

• Thomas A. Constantine Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation 1999 Budget Request
March 3, 1998 Senate Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related Agencies Subcommittee

• Louis J. Freeh, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation

Biological Weapons: The Threat Posed by Terrorists March 4, 1998 Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information

• Colonel David R. Franz, Deputy Commander U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
• W. Seth Carus, Center for Counterproliferation Research National Defense University
• Stephen Ostroff, Associate Director National Center for Infectious Diseases

1998 National Drug Control Strategy
March 4, 1998, Senate Judiciary Committee

• Barry R. McCaffrey Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy

1999 Budget Request Federal Bureau of Investigation
March 5, 1998, House Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related Agencies Subcommittee

• Louis J. Freeh , Director Federal Bureau of Investigation

THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE 
MARCH 5, 1998 SENATE COMMERCE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SPACE SUBCOMMITTEE

• GIL I. KLINGER ACTING DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SPACE [DUSD( SPACE)]
• John R. Copple Chief Executive Officer, Space Imaging

21ST CENTURY SECURITY THREATS 
MARCH 5, 1998 SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

• ADMIRAL JOSEPH W. PRUEHER COMMANDER IN CHIEF UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND
• GENERAL CHARLES E. WILHELM, COMMANDER IN CHIEF UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND

STATUS OF MONTAGNARDS IN VIETNAM 
March 10, 1998 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Stanley Roth Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

U.S. national security space programs
March 11, 1998 Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

General Howell M. Estes, USAF Commander-in-Chief U.S. Space Command
• Mr. Keith R. Hall Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space; Director, National Reconnaissance Office

REGIONAL EFFORTS TO FIGHT DRUG TRADE
March 12, 1998 House Government Reform and Oversight
Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice

• Donnie MarshallActing Deputy Administrator Drug Enforcement Administration

Allegations of Connections Between CIA and The Contras in drug trafficking to the United States
16 March 1998 HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

• FREDERICK P. HITZ INSPECTOR GENERAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Toward a New Policy Directive
March 17, 1998 Senate Judiciary 
Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information

• Sam Nunn King & Spalding, Attorneys at Law
• Jamie Gorelick Fannie Mae
• General David J. Kelley Director Defense Information Systems Agency
• Brigadier General James Hylton Director of Operations Defense Information Systems Agency

The Government Secrecy Act of 1997
March 25, 1998, Committee on Governmental Affairs

• Edmund Cohen Director, Information Management Central Intelligence Agency
• Bill Leonard Director, Security Programs Department of Defense
• Bryan Siebert Director, Office of Declassification Department of Energy
• Steven Garfinkel Director, Information Security Oversight Office National Archives and Records Administration
• Jeremy Gunn Executive Director John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board
• Steven Aftergood Senior Research Analyst Federation of American Scientists

INTERNET PRIVACY AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
March 26, 1998 HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• THE HONORABLE HOWARD COBLE Opening Statement
• DAVID L. AARON UNDER SECRETARY, THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• David Medine, Associate Director for Credit Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
• Fred H. Cate Director, Information Law and Commerce Institute, Indiana University School of Law
• Deirdre Mulligan Staff Counsel, Center for Democracy and Technology
• Marc Rotenberg Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Gary Shapiro, President, Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association

International Crime
April 21, 1998 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations

• Louis J. Freeh, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation

Chemical and Biological Weapons Threats to America: Are We Prepared?
April 22, 1998 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on
Technology, Terrorism,and Government Information 
and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Janet Reno Attorney General Department of Justice
• Louis J. Freeh Director Federal Bureau of Investigation
• R. James Woolsey Former Director of Central Intelligence
• Donald C. Latham Member, Defense Science Board
• Richard Preston Author of The Bioweaponeers and The Hot Zone
• Christine Gosden Professor of Medical Genetics University of Liverpool
• CDR James K. Campbell (USN) Author of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism

WEAK COMPUTER SECURITY IN GOVERNMENT: IS THE PUBLIC AT RISK?
MAY 19-20, 1998 - COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

• HEARINGS ANNOUNCED ON COMPUTER SECURITY FAILURES IN GOVERNMENT
• SENATOR FRED THOMPSON PREPARED STATEMENT
• SENATOR FRED THOMPSON Release of GAO Reports
• Serious Weaknesses Put State Department and FAA Operations at Risk: GAO Testimony
• Pervasive, Serious Weaknesses Jeopardize State Department Operations (AIMD-98-145)
• Weak Computer Security Practices Jeopardize Flight Safety (AIMD-98-155)
• PETER G. NEUMANN SRI International
• LOpht HEAVY INDUSTRIES [A "hacker think tank"]

Terrorism and Intelligence Operations
May 20, 1998 Joint Economic Committee

• Chairman Jim Saxton
• Victor Sheymov Former Major, KGB, 8^th Chief Directorate
• Dr. Kenneth Alibek Former Director, Soviet Union Offensive Biological Warfare Program
• Nicholas Eftimiades Author, "Decontrolling Strategic Technology, 1990-1992"
• Brian P. Fairchild Former Staff Operations Officer, Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Directorate of Operations

Federal Building Security
June 4, 1998 - Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Develpoment

• Staff Memo
• Robert Peck Deputy Commissioner General Services Administration
• Eugene Waszily Inspector General, Audits, General Services Administration
• Bernard Ungar Director, Government Business Operations Issues, General Accounting Office
• Kenneth Wood Barringer Instruments, Inc.
• Ron Massa Lorron Corporation
• Tom McGoff Local 2264 American Federation of Government Employees
• Gene Corley American Society of Civil Engineers

Future threats to the Department of Defense information systems,
including the year 2000 problems and the sale of the frequency spectrum
June 4, 1998 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

• John J. Hamre Deputy Secretary of Defense
• LTG Kenneth A. Minihan, Director, National Security Agency

COMBATING THE BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS
JUNE 9, 1998 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• STUART E. EIZENSTAT UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMIC, BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
• Fritz F. Heimann Chairman, Transparency International USA

Drug Interdiction and the National Drug Control Policy
June 10, 1998 Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

• Staff Memo
• Rear Admiral Ernest R. Riutta Assistant Commandant for Operations United States Coast Guard
• Barry Raff Counter Drug Program Manager, Applied Physics Laboratory John Hopkins University

H.R. 3829: The Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998
June 10, 1998 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

• Michael R. Bromwich Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice

National Infrastructure Protection
10 June 1998 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Technology and Government Information

• Michael Vatis National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC)

Critical Infrastructure Protection - Information Assurance
June 11, 1998 - House Military Procurement and
Military Research & Development Subcommittees

• Opening Statement of Chairman Curt Weldon
• Opening Statement of Chairman Duncan Hunter
• Jeffrey Hunker , Director, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
• John J. Hamre , Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Linton Wells, II, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence, Department of Defense
• BGEN John H. Campbell, USAF, Deputy Director for Information Operations (J-39), Department of Defense
• GAO Letter # B-280243: DoD's Information Assurance Efforts

Combating Money Laundering
June 11, 1998 House Banking and Financial Services Committee

• Jonathan Winer, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

"CYBER ATTACK: IS OUR NATION AT RISK?"
Vulnerabilities of the National Information Infrastructure
June 24, 1998 Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

• SENATOR FRED THOMPSON PREPARED STATEMENT
• GEORGE J. TENET DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
• Lieutenant General Kenneth Minihan, Director, NSA

International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act 
July 15, 1998 - House Commerce Finance Subcommittee

• Tom Bliley chairman of the House Commerce Committee

Oversight of Justice Department Activities
15 July 1998 Senate Judiciary Committee

• Janet Reno Attorney General

Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States
July 16, 1998 House National Security Committee

• Opening Statement of Chairman Floyd D. Spence
• Report of the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States
• Donald Rumsfeld, Chairman, Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States (Former Secretary of Defense)
• William R. Graham, Member, Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States (Former Science Advisor to the President and Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy)
• Gen. George Lee Butler (USAF), Ret., Member, Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States (Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Strategic Command)

Colombia's Insurgency and Prospects for Peace
August 5, 1998 - Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

• Michael Shifter, Program Director Inter-American Dialogue
• Marc Chernick, Adjunct Professor Georgetown University
• Richard Downes, National Defense University
• Carlos M. Salinas, Amnesty International USA

US Counterterrorism Policy
September 3, 1998 --Senate Judiciary Committee

• Louis J. Freeh FBI Director

CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA
September 10 House Banking General Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

• Thomas J. Kneir , deputy assistant director of the FBI's criminal investigative division

INS REFORM: DETENTION ISSUES
SEPTEMBER 16, 1998 - SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION

• Doris Meissner Immigration and Naturalization Service

North Korea's ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction programs
September 23,1998 -SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
CLOSED - Staff Attendance Restricted

• George J. Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence
• Lieutenant General Patrick M. Hughes, USA Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism And U.S. Preparedness
2 October 1998 - House Government Reform and Oversight Committee
Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice

• Frank J. Cilluffo Center for Strategic & International Studies

Worldwide Threats Facing the United States 
6 OCTOBER 1998 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

• William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense (No statement available)
• GENERAL H. SHELTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

Department of Energy's Foreign Visitor Program
October 6, 1998 House National Security Military Procurement Subcommittee

• Keith O. Fultz, US General Accounting Office
• John C. Browne Director Los Alamos National Laboratory
• C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia National Laboratories
• Elizabeth Moler , Deputy Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy
• C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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