Of Confidential Sources. In february a federal judge felt held Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for failing to divulge resources. The house judiciary subcommittee hearing is just over 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on a the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on the free press and protecting journalists. I will remind everybody that the guests in the chamber our guests and you are free to be here, but this is no audience participation. This is a hearing and we will conducted accordingly. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. That cannot be limited without being lost. Those words were true when Thomas Jefferson wrote them in 1786 and they are still true tod
Two very provocative and extremely influential articles that were written by frank castiglione. The first appeared in the 1997 issue of the journal of American History. And the second appeared just last year in 2016 in the same journal. These penetrating deal with George Kennan , soviet russia and the cold war. s longknow that kennan telegram, which was sent in february 1946 from moscow to xshington and his socalled article the following year that appeared in the journal of Foreign Affairs these two pieces of writing embodied the core, the very core of u. S. Containment policy for the cold war. Documents that frank focuses on and extrapolates from. Important bothe substantively and methodologically. Reexamines, he kennans motives and thinking. In so doing, he makes a major methodological contribution. He injects a motion a major factor for us to think about that emotion injects emotion as a major factor press to think about, rather than the rational realist, frank portrays kennan in al
Their report came out in the summer of 2004, which was very timely for bushs reelection campaign, it basically avoided finding fault with the government, instead had all these broad big theories. It turned out a lot of the 9 11 Commission Information came from torture. The 9 11 commissioners were actually sending requests to the cia to find out more information about this and that and so many of the details which they provided in their official storyline of the 9 11 attacks came from torture of some of the suspects. Phillip chennin of the New York Times has done some excellent work on that. Its not just me. You have that look on your face kind of like uhoh, wheres he going with this . Wheres he going . Not at all. Finish your thought, though. I was just saying its typical of how official history is written in d. C. That you have this panel, this bipartisan panel, the 9 11 commission, which largely ab sovld the government and relied on torture. And that fact comes out three or four year
Of the select Intelligence Committee providing ongoing oversight of the intelligence agencies and the creation of the foreign intelligence act of 1978. Two former staffers are with us and will be with us to help provide Historical Context and understand the significance of the 40yearold video you are about to see from new york city. Fredericks forges with us. And here is elliot maxwell, a counsel to the committee. Thank you to both of you for joining us. In this installment of our series looking at the work 40 we will focus on the committees investigation into andnational Security Agency the Fourth Amendment rights of american citizens. To get us started, lets watch a clip from 1979. The agency remains unknown to most americans either by its acronym or its full name. , one hasst to the cia to search for in life to find someone who has heard of the nsa. To his right is the chief counsel to committee. He is with us in new york. The nsa is something of a household world for anyone who fol
The more i learn about them, the more interesting they get. It seems to be a bottomless pool of interesting facts and passions and contradictions. They are both fascinating characters. What makes them so interesting . Part of the interest for me is that there are parts that are famous and very well known. They have heard of the infamous caning. Thing they the only know about. His career came after that. He came back in 1859 and the het important part was when becomes a dedicated advocate for civil rights laws. He was contradictory and ordinary. He was arrogant and most of his colleagues hated him. He has left a Lasting Legacy that i think is quite profound. He was from a different perspective. In 1969. He was probably the most effective minority leader weve ever had. This is the time of heavy party dominance. He managed to shave every bill that came through. He was entertaining and clownish. The voters loved him. Behind the clown was this very serious legislator. He just had endless la