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Terrorism: Reports & Links
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9/11 - Hearings & Links
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Kip Hawley, TSA, Administrator discusses airport security and passenger safety topics such as, re-training of TSA agents, new checkpoint technology and separate security lanes for families and business travelers.
Washington, DC
: 35 min.
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Smart Power Speaker Series hosted David Miliband, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as he talked about democracy, reflecting on recent trips he has made to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Washington, DC
: 54 min.
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Cully Stimson discusses the current detainees trials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the release of a Justice Department Inspector General's report on interrogation techniques at the Cuba facility. A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee is holding a hearing on the Bush Administration's policy on the detainees later today.
Washington, DC
: 26 min.
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Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) held a Commerce, Science & Transportation Cmte. hearing on on the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget for the Transportation Security Administration. The hearing included general oversight of the agency and its implementation of recently enacted statutes such as the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act (SAFE Port Act) and the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act.
Washington, DC
: 1 hr.
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General Peter Pace (Ret.), former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, participated in a forum titled, "The Role of the Military and Intelligence in National Security." Leon Panetta moderated the discussion on the need for border security and a national identification system and the threat of cyber attacks.
Monterey, CA
: 1 hr. 18 min.
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Jennifer Daskal, Human Rights Watch, Senior Counterterrorism Counsel discusses the Guantanamo Bay terrorism trials she witnessed at the Cuban base and her organization's ongoing effort to alter U.S. policy at Guantanamo Bay. In recent weeks, news reports have revealed that trials of alleged terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay may have been rigged to produce convictions irrespective of evidence.
Washington, DC
: 19 min.
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The Secs. of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services answer questions from the House Oversight Cmte. on Medicaid regulations taking effect on May 26. Chair. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has warned that the new rules will hinder the response to disasters or the next terrorist attack.
Washington, DC
: 1 hr. 44 min.
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Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) presides overa a House Judiciary Constitution, Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Subcmte. hearing on detainee treatment and interrogation techniques at facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They voted to authorize a subpoena for Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff and former legal counsel, David S. Addington to appear at a later hearing.
Washington, DC
: 2 hr. 22 min.
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Gerald Feierstein, State Department-Counterterrorism Office, Principal Deputy Coordinator discusses the Bush Administration's efforts to combat terrorism, the U.S. views towards Iran, and the fight against al-Qaeda. Last week, the State Department's Office of Counterterrorism released the 2007 Country Report on Terrorism.
Washington, DC
: 27 min.
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Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute, Senior Fellow discusses Wednesday's release of the 2007 Country Report on Terrorism by the State Department, whether a new approach is needed to defeat the insurgency and what it will take to be successful in Afghanistan.
Washington, DC
: 28 min.
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