1998 Congressional Hearings

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

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

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

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

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

Role of the Department of Defense in countering the transnational threats of the 21st Century,
including terrorism, narco-trafficking, and weapons of mass destruction 
March 5, 1998, Senate Armed Services Committee

• Walter B. Slocombe Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, USN Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Command
• General Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC Commander-in-Chief U.S. Southern Command
• General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA Commander-in-Chief U.S. Special Operations Command

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

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

• Donnie Marshall Acting 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

Federal Response to Domestic Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
Training for First Reponders
March 21, 1997 House National Security Military Research & Development Subcommittee

• Opening Statement of Honorable Curt Weldon
  Panel I
• Charles L. Cragin, III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs), Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Maj. Gen. George E. Friel, Commander, U.S. Army Chemical-Biological Defense Command
• Brig. Gen. Roger C. Schultz, Deputy Director, Operational Readiness and Mobilization, Department of the Army
• Dr. Denis Onieal, Superintendent, National Fire Academy, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Mr. Steven G. Sharro, Director, Terrorism Coordination Unit, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Robert M. Blitzer, Chief, Domestic Terrorism Planning Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  Panel II
• Chief Richard Marinucci, President, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Farmington Hills (Minnesota) Fire Department
• Chief John M. Eversole, Hazardous Materials Coordinator, Chicago (Illinois) Fire Department
• Chief Mario H. Trevino, Las Vegas (Nevada) Fire Department
• Commissioner Harold B. Hairston, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Fire Department
• Chief Ray Downey, Special Operations Command, Fire Department, City of New York
• Chief Larry Curl, Wayne Township Fire Department, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Mr. Theodore L. Jarboe, Deputy Chief, Bureau of Operations, Department of Fire and Rescue Services, Rockville, Maryland
• Chief Keith D. Smith, Indianapolis Fire Department, Indianapolis, Indiana

Department of Defense Domestic Emergency Response Program and
support to the interagency preparedness efforts, including the
Federal Response Plan and the City Training Program
March 26, 1998 Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

• Honorable H. Allen Holmes Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict
• Major General Edward Soriano Director, Military Support Headquarters, Department of the Army
• Major General George E. Friel Commander, Chemical and Biological Defense Command Department of the Army
• Brigadier General Roger C. Shultz Deputy Director, Military Support Headquarters Department of the Army

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

• Louis J. Freeh, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation

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 AlibekFormer 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

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

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

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

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