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2004 Congressional Hearings

Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
06 October 2004 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Testimony of Charles A. Duelfer, Special Assistant to the DCI
• Testimony of Brigadier General Joseph J. McMenamin, USMC, Commander, Iraq Survey Group

Nomination of the Honorable Porter J. Goss to be Director of Central Intelligence
14 September 2004 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Hearing Transcript

The Importance of Real-Time, Actionable Intelligence:
Ensuring the U.S. Intelligence Community Supports
Homeland Defense and Military Operations
13 September 2004 - Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

• Statement of Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Statement of Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge

Reform of the United States Intelligence Community
18 August and 07 September 2004 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Transcript
• Joint Prepared Statement of Former Chairman Thomas H. Kean, Vice Chair Lee H. Hamilton, and Commissioner John F. Lehman of the 9-11 Commission

Reorganizing America's Intelligence Community:
A View From the Inside
16 August 2004 - Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

• Hearing Transcript (3 MB PDF file)

Assessing America's Counterterrorism Capabilities
03 August 2004 - Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

• Opening Statement of Senator Susan M. Collins, Chair
• John O. Brennan, Director, Terrorist Threat Integration Center
• John S. Pistole, Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Lieutenant General Patrick M. Hughes, Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis, Department of Homeland Security
• Philip Mudd, Deputy Director, Counterterrorist Center, Central Intelligence Agency
• Philip Zelikow, Executive Director, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
• Christopher A. Kojm, Deputy Executive Director, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

Reform and Reorganization of the U.S. Intelligence Community
20 July 2004 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Full Transcript (1.2 MB PDF)
• Honorable Dianne Feinstein, Senator
• Dr. John J. Hamre, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Lieutenant General William E. Odom, USA (Ret.), Hudson Institute
• Mr. R.James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Treatment of Detainees in the War on Terrorism
14 July 2004 - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

• Statement of Patrick F. Philbin, Department of Justice
• Statement of Stephen A. Cambone, Department of Defense
• Statement of Valerie Caproni, FBI

DoJ Oversight: Terrorism and Other Topics
8 June 2004 - Senate Judiciary Committee

• Opening Statement of Sen. Orrin Hatch
• Opening Statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy
• Prepared Statement of Attorney General John Ashcroft

FBI Transformation
3 June 2004 - House Appropriations Committee

• Testimony of FBI Director Richard Mueller
• Testimony of Laurie E. Ekstrand, General Accounting Office

FBI Oversight: Terrorism and Other Topics
20 May 2004 - Senate Judiciary Committee

• Hearing Transcript
(9.2 MB PDF file)

Aiding Terrorists: An Examination of the Material Support Statute
5 May 2004 - Senate Judiciary Committee

• Published Hearing Record

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Law Enforcement and the Intelligence Community
13-14 April 2004 - Tenth public hearing

• Staff Statement No. 9: Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States Prior to 9/11
• The Honorable Louis J. Freeh, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• The Honorable Janet Reno, Former Attorney General of the United States
• Staff Statement No. 10: Threats and Responses in 2001

  PANEL: SUMMER 2001

• Mr. Thomas J. Pickard, Former Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Ambassador J. Cofer Black, Former Director, Counterterrorism Center, Central Intelligence Agency
• The Honorable John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
• Staff Statement No. 11: The Performance of the Intelligence Community
• Prepared Statement of DCI George J. Tenet

PANEL: PREVENTING FUTURE ATTACKS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES

• Mr. John O. Brennan, Director, Terrorist Threat Integration Center
• Lieutenant General Patrick M. Hughes, Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis, Department of Homeland Security
• Mr. John S. Pistole, Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Prepared Statement of James L. Pavitt, Deputy Director for Operations, CIA
• Staff Statement No. 12: Reforming Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States

PANEL: FBI LEADERSHIP AND INITIATIVES POST-9/11

• The FBI's Counterterrorism Program Since September 2001, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Ms. Maureen Baginski, Executive Assistant Director for Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
8 April 2004 - Ninth public hearing

• Opening Remarks of Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Defense Intelligence Programs
7 April 2004 - Senate Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

• Prepared Statement of Stephen A. Cambone, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
• Prepared Statement of Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2 Department of the Army
• Prepared Statement of Rear Admiral Richard B. Porterfield, Director of Naval Intelligence
• Prepared Statement of Major General Ronald F. Sams, Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Department of the Air Force
• Prepared Statement of Mr. Michael H. Decker, Acting Director for Intelligence, United States Marine Corps
• Prepared Statement of Brigadier General Donald C. Wurster, Director for Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Special Operations Command

Al-Qaida: The Threat to the United States and Its Allies
1 April 2004 - House International Relations Committee

• Prepared Statement of Amb. J. Cofer Black

Second Interim Report of the Iraq Survey Group
30 March 2004 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Prepared Statement of Charles A. Duelfer
• Statement of Sen. Levin Regarding Mr. Duelfer's Unclassified Testimony

National Security Space Programs
25 March 2004 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Testimony of Peter Teets, Director, National Reconnaissance Office
• Prepared Statement of Admiral James O. Ellis Jr., USN, Commander, US Strategic Command
• Prepared Statement of General Lance W. Lord, USAF , Commander, Air Force Space Command
• Prepared Statement of Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN (Ret.), Director, Office of Force Transformation

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
24-25 March 2004 - Eighth public hearing

• Prepared Statement of Madeleine K. Albright
• Prepared Statement of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
• Prepared Statement of William S. Cohen
• Prepared Statement of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
• Prepared Statement of DCI George Tenet
• Prepared Statement of Samuel R. Berger
• Prepared Statement of Richard Clarke

Current and Future Worldwide Threats to the United States
9 March 2004 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Opening Statement of Sen. Carl Levin
• Prepared Statement of DCI George J. Tenet
• Prepared Statement of DIA Director Vice Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby

Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States
24 February 2004 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Testimony of DCI George J. Tenet (or PDF Version)
• Testimony of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III
• Testimony of DIA Director Vice Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby

An Update on North Korean Nuclear Developments
21 January 2004 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Opening Statement of Senator Richard Lugar, Chairman
• Visit to the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in North Korea, Testimony of Siegfried S. Hecker, Senior Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory