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2005 Congressional Hearings

Requesting the President of the United States and
Directing the Secretary of State to Provide to the House of Representatives
Certain Documents in Their Possession Relating to
the White House Iraq Group: Markup on H. Res. 505.
11 November 2005 - House International Relations Committee

• Transcript of Markup of House Resolution of Inquiry

Access Delayed: Fixing the Security Clearance Process, Part II (Part I)
09 November 2005 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• Opening Statement of Sen. George Voinovich
• Statement of Linda M. Springer, Office of Personnel Management
• Statement of Clay Johnson, III, Office of Management and Budget
• Statement of Derek B. Stewart, Government Accountability Office

Federal Support for Homeland Security Information Sharing: Role of the Information Sharing Program Manager
08 November 2005 - House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence

• Published Hearing Record
• Statement of John A. Russack, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Statement of Lee Hamilton, Former Vice Chair, 9-11 Commission
• Statement of William Crowell, Markle Task Force on National Security

Status of Implementation of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
19 October 2005 - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

• Opening Statement of Rep. Thornberry
• Testimony of Newt Gingrich
• Testimony of Adm. William O. Studeman
• Testimony of Zoe Baird

SCADA Systems and the Terrorist Threat: Protecting the Nation's Critical Control Systems
18 October 2005 - House Committee on Homeland Security

• Full Hearing Record

Able Danger and Intelligence Information Sharing
21 September 2005 - Senate Judiciary Committee

• Hearing Transcript
• Opening Statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy
• Statement of Rep. Curt Weldon
• Statement of Mark S. Zaid, attorney at law
• Statement of Erik Kleinsmith, former Chief of Intelligence of the Land Information Warfare Analysis LIWA
• Statement of Gary Bald, FBI
• Statement of William Dugan, Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight

Sources and Methods of Foreign Nationals
Engaged in Economic and Military Espionage
15 September 2005 - House Judiciary Committee

• Full Transcript

Federal Bureau of Investigation Oversight
27 July 2005 - Senate Judiciary Committee

• Published Hearing Record

Confirmation Hearing on Vice Admiral John S. Redd to be
Director, National Counterterrorism Center
21 July 2005 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Full Transcript
• Opening Statement of VADM John S. Redd

Confirmation Hearing on Benjamin Powell to be General Counsel,
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
19 July 2005 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Full Transcript
• Opening Statement of Benjamin Powell

Engineering Bio-Terror Agents: Lessons from the Offensive
U.S. and Russian Biological Weapons Programs
13 July 2005 - House Homeland Security Committee

• Transcript

Access Delayed: Fixing the Security Clearance Process
28 June 2005 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• Statement of Derek B. Stewart, Government Accountability Office
• Statement of Kathy L. Dillaman, Office of Personnel Management
• Statement of Heather Anderson, Acting Director, Defense Security Service

Detecting Nuclear Weapons and Radiological Materials: How Effective Is Available Technology?
21 June 2005 - House Homeland Security Committee

• Statement of Gene Aloise, Government Accountability Office
• Statement of Richard L. Wagner, Jr., Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Statement of Bethann Rooney, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Statement of Benn Tannenbaum, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Statement of Michael K. Evenson, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Statement of David Huizenga, National Nuclear Security Administration
• Statement of Mr. Vayl Oxford, Dept of Homeland Security

Using Open-Source Information Effectively
21 June 2005 - House Homeland Security Committee

• Full Transcript
• Statement of John C. Gannon
• Statement of Eliot A. Jardines, Open Source Publishing
• Statement of Joe Onek, Open Society Institute

Nomination of Janice B. Gardner to be Asst Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence
16 June 2005 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Transcript

Detainees
15 June 2005 - Senate Judiciary Committee

• Transcript

Transparency and Rule of Law in Latin America
25 May 2005 - House Committee on International Relations

• Transcript

Bill to Reauthorize Certain Provisions of the
USA PATRIOT Act and for Other Purposes
24 May 2005 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Full Transcript
• Statement of Valerie Caproni, General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Statement of David S. Kris, former Assoc. Dep. Attorney General
• Statement of Joe Onek, Constitution Project
• Statement of Daniel Collins, former Assoc. Dep. Attorney General
• Statement of James X. Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology
• Statement of Richard H. Seamon, University of Idaho

Defense Intelligence
28 April 2005 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Statement of Stephen Cambone Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
• Adm. Lowell Jacoby, Director, DIA

USA PATRIOT Act
27 April 2005 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Full Transcript
• Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
• Prepared Statement of DCIA Porter J. Goss

DoD Authorization for FY 2006 Including SOCOM
22 April 2005 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Published Hearing Record

DHS Coordination of Nuclear Detection Efforts, Part II
20 April 2005 - House Homeland Security Committee

• Statement of Vayl Oxford, Dept of Homeland Security

DHS Coordination of Nuclear Detection Efforts, Part I
19 April 2005 - House Homeland Security Committee

• Statement of Fred C. Ikle, CSIS
• Statement of Graham Allison, Harvard University
• Statement of Col. Randall J. Larsen, USAF (ret.)

Nomination of Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden
to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
14 April 2005 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Transcript
• Prepared Statement of Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden

Nomination of Ambassador John D. Negroponte
to be Director of National Intelligence
12 April 2005 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Hearing Transcript
• Prepared Statement of Amb. John D. Negronponte

Oversight of the USA Patriot Act
05 April 2005 - Senate Judiciary Committee

• Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley
• Opening Statement of Sen. Leahy
• Prepared Statement of Hon. Robert S. Mueller, III, FBI Director
• Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales

Current and Future Worldwide Threats to the United States
17 March 2005 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Prepared Statement of Porter J. Goss, Director of Central Intelligence
• Prepared Statement of Vice Admiral Lowell Jacoby, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency

Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States
16 February 2005 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Full Hearing Record
• Prepared Statement of Porter J. Goss, Director of Central Intelligence
• Prepared Statement of Robert S. Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Prepared Statement of Vice Admiral Lowell Jacoby, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
• Prepared Statement of Thomas Fingar, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
• Prepared Statement of Adm. James Loy, Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security

Global Threats to U.S. Interests In the 21st Century
02 February 2005 - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

• Opening Statement of Chairman Hoekstra
• Opening Statement of Ranking Member Harman
• Testimony of Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute
• Testimony of R. James Woolsey, former DCI
• Testimony of Greg Treverton, Rand Corporation
• Testimony of Kurt Campbell, CSIS
• Testimony of Michael Swetnam, Potomac Institute