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April 30, 2008

Secret Law

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on the Bush administration’s increasing reliance on secret law and the … read more

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on the Bush administration’s increasing reliance on secret law and the threat it posed to democratic and accountable government. Witnesses testified about the use of executive orders, signing statements, justifications for classification, and use of undisclosed legal opinions to create and form policy in various areas. close

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Steven Aftergood Director Federation of American Scientists->Project on Government Secrecy
Bradford A. Berenson Associate Counsel (Former) White House

John P. Elwood Deputy Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice
Dawn Johnson Assistant Attorney General (Former) Department of Justice->Office of Legal Counsel
Heidi Kitrosser Professor University of Minnesota->Law
J. William Leonard Director National Archives and Records Administration->Information Security Oversight Office
David B. Rivkin Jr. Constitutional Law Attorney
Sam Brownback U.S. Senator [R] Kansas
Russ Feingold U.S. Senator [D] Wisconsin
Sheldon Whitehouse U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Rhode Island

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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution

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Program ID:: 205112-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Apr 30, 2008 | 5:54pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: May 05, 2008 | 3:50am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Apr 30, 2008 | 5:54pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Apr 30, 2008 | 11:23pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 01, 2008 | 4:54am EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 02, 2008 | 7:23am EDT | C-SPAN 2
May 02, 2008 | 2:33pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
May 05, 2008 | 3:50am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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