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Thompson Hearing on DHS Spy Satellite Program
Thompson to Hold Hearing on DHS Spy Satellite Program
On Thursday, September 9th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, will hold a full Committee open hearing on the privacy and civil liberties implications of the National Applications Office, the new office in the Department of Homeland Security charged with civil/domestic intelligence gathering.
Thursday, September 9, 2007 @ 10am, 311 Cannon House Office Building
“Turning Spy Satellites on the Homeland: the Privacy and Civil Liberties Implications of the National Applications Office.”
Witnesses (partial): Charles Allen, Chief Intelligence Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Hugo Teufel, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Dan Sutherland, the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
There will not be a webcast of this hearing.
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