2007 Congressional Hearings

July

Extraordinary Rendition, Extraterritorial Detention, And Treatment Of Detainees: Restoring Our Moral Credibility And Strengthening Our Diplomatic Standing
July 26, 2007 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

• Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
• Senator Biden's Opening Statement


Witnesses:
• Tom Malinowski, Washington Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC
• Major General Paul Eaton, USA (Ret.), Former Commanding General, Office of Security Transition, Baghdad, Iraq
• Dr. Philip Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
• Dr. Daniel Byman, Director, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign, Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

The Joint Full Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will meet to receive testimony on Implications of the National Intelligence Estimate regarding Al-Qaeda.
July 25, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

• Chairman Skelton's Opening Statement


Witnesses:
• James Clapper, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
• Mary Beth Long, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Acting)
• Pete Verga, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense (Acting)
• Michael Leiter, Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Director of the Interagency Task Force on Homeland Threats
• Edward Gistaro, National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on global security assessment.
July 11, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee

• Chairman Skelton's Opening Statement


Witnesses:
• Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Robert Cardillo, Deputy Director for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency
• John A. Kringen, Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

June

To mark up, under sequential referral, S. 1538, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, and to consider certain military nominations pending before the Committee.
June 21, 2007 - Senate Committee on Armed Services
Staff attendance at this meeting will be restricted.

March

Hearing Examines Exposure of Covert CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson's Identity
March 16, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

• Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman's Opening Statement



• Ms. Valerie Plame Wilson, former employee, Central Intelligence Agency
• Dr. James Knodell, Director, Office of Security, The White House
• Bill Leonard, Director, Information Security Oversight Office, National Archives and Records Administration
• Mark Zaid, Attorney
• Victoria Toensing, diGenova & Toensing, LLP



• Letter to Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald
• Response Letter from Patrick J. Fitzgerald



• June 13, 2006: Rep. Waxman Calls for Public Accounting of Rove's Actions in CIA Leak Case - Letter from Representative Waxman to Chairman Davis


November 09, 2005: Questions and Answers about White House Security Clearances - Letters to Ms. Miers November 09, 2005: Questions and Answers about White House Security Clearances - Security Requirement Q & A

July 22, 2005: Former Intelligence Officials Testify About Damage Caused by Outing of Covert CIA Agent
• Fact Sheet: Administration Security Breaches Involving Valerie Plame Wilson
• Fact Sheet: Karl Rove's Nondisclosure Agreement
• Hearing Transcript
• Rep. Holt's Opening Statement
• Rep. Slaughter's Opening Statement
• Rep. Waxman's Opening Statement
• Sen. Dorgan's Opening Statement
• Statement of James Marcinkowski
• Statement of Larry C. Johnson
• Statement of W. Patrick Lang
• Witness Biographies

National Security Personnel System - Is it Really Working?
March 6, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Readiness subcommittee

• Subcommittee Chairman Ortiz' Opening Statement
• Michael Luis Dominguez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
• Mr. John Gage, National President, American Federation of Government Employees
• Mr. Max Stier, President and CEO, Partnership for Public Service
• Mr. Marick Masters, Professor of Business, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

February

Current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States.
February 27, 2007 - Senate Committe on Armed Services

• Vice Admiral John M. McConnell, USN (Ret.) Director, National Intelligence
• Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, USA Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Dr. Thomas Fingar Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, and Chairman, National Intelligence Council

Department of Defense Inspector General's report on the activities of the Office of Special Plans prior to the war in Iraq
February 9, 2007

• Mr. Thomas F. Gimble Acting Inspector General Department of Defense