Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha
[inaudible conversations] this hearing of the subcommittee is called to order. We have a vote scheduled for 3 00 which is troublesome. Well see how this goes as far south we have a circumstance when it arises. I would like to thank todays witnesses for participating in this important hearing regarding International Soccer governance. Im not one who generally thinks congress should investigate every scandal in the world of professional sports. Nor do i believe the topic we are discussing today will lead to legislation that must be enacted. But as chairman of this subcommittee with jurisdiction over professional sports, i do believe this is a critical issue that deserves the publics attention. By shining a light on the corruption bribery and other criminal activity that has been a part of International Soccer for far too long, my hope is that the American People current and future sponsors, and Media Companies that support the game today will better understand the consequences of allowin
On the foreign intelligence act or fisa. The Senate Judiciary committee is and just a clarification senator ranks member is diane fi finestien. This should start in just a moment. Todays public hearing will be followed bay classified briefing tomorrow afternoon. This Committee Last held an oversight hearing on section 702 in may of 2016. Since then the drum beat of terror attacks against the United States and other countries particularly our allies has continued. A month after our hearing a terrorist attacked an orlando nightclub killing 50 and wounding 53. That same month a terrorist detonated pipe bombs in new jersey and new york injuring about 30. Last month Great Britain suffered its worst terror attack in over a decaddecade. It is at a concert in manchester. Many of the dead and wounded, as you know, were children and very young people. These attacks underscore that the first responsibility of government is to ensure that those who protect us every day have the tool to keep us saf
I will get started in encourage everyone to congregate again. Thanks to those who stuck with us, at the 2016 cato institute. This is going to focus on the intelligence aspects. We tend to focus on the Fourth Amendment and do medicinmestic. This is really global in scale and so as a result it has implications for the human rights of people around the world but also for our political and diplomatic and economic relationships with other countries, in particular the economic interest of u. S. Businesses who hope to do business around the world. We have allen butler who will talk about the sh rerems case. And talk about cross data, in figuring out what kind of jurisdiction applies with regard to Law Enforcement. Thanks for having me. Im happy to be here today to speak with you about a new International Dimension over this u. S. Surveillance authorities, many of you probably know about the sh rere decision, it was used by businesses to transfer personal data between the u. S. And the Europea
[inaudible conversations] welcome. My name is a gene healy. Im a Vice President here at the Cato Institute and ill be your moderator today. Thank you all for coming out to the first cato event of 2016. Today, we are going to spread the new years cheer and take the chill out of your bones with an in depth look at remotecontrolled executions, the creeping surveillance state, and the seeming permanence of the imperial presidency. So merry new year. Our focus today is the extraordinary new book by Charlie Savage, power wars inside obamas post9 11 presidency. Charlie has been with the New York Times since 2008, and he has been the indispensable reporter on executive power issues since well before that. In 2007 while with the boston globe he won the Pulitzer Prize for his work on the Bush Administrations signing statements. Is 2007 book, takeover, the return of the imperial presidency, was named one of the best books of the year by the washington post, slate and esquire. To describe power wa