The 2015 usa freedom act banned bulk collection of private records. The Senate Judiciary committee recently held a hearing on reauthorizing the legislation. Among the witnesses were officials from the fbi, the Justice Department and the nsa. This is two hours. 2015. We have two panels, basically, four parts of the act. I want the panel to tell us the good, the bad and the ugly why we need these four people, why we need to reauthorize the program n your view, what happens if we dont. Would you accept any changes . What would those changes be. And other than recite your testimony, im very interested in hearing from the National Security perspective how the usa freedom act of 2015 is still relevant in 2019 and beyond and the tools available, how theyre relevant to the fight were still in. I would end with this. Baghdadi is dead but the cause lives. The effort to penetrate our country is ongoing every day. Terrorists groups with a lot of different names are trying to come here to do us har
There, up for our weekly mail. Email. There is a new letter that will send you events in our area as well as details about the caucuses, information about training online, and also in person, so please go to that site, join the Johnson County democrats and help us take back the state, the country, and support our local democrats. Thank you. [applause] next, please join me in welcoming state senator joe holcombe to the stage. [applause] good afternoon, iowa city. Happy holidays. I am the state senator, thank you for coming to see Elizabeth Warren this afternoon. If youre already a committed supporter, thank you for your support. We have a lot of work to do in the next 63 days. If you were still undecided about who you are going to support, thank you for taking time to come to hear senator warren share her vision for the country. The 2020 election is about three things stopping the crazy. [applause] thats right. Corporatehe grip of special interests on our democracy. [applause] bringing
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, from the czars in czarrinas to soviet air come issars, to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia. looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorker s david remnick and professor nina khrushcheva. and also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage from climate change rising seas and wild weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here is my take. in his important book the third wave, samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when members of the establishment break with the system, it triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not se
world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate change s rising seas and weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here s my take. in his important book the third wave samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when prominent members of the establishment break with the system it often triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not see such defections it means the autocrat will probably be able to survive. syrian dictator bashar al ass
work. thank you. the committee on the judiciary subcommittee on the constitution civil rights and civil liberties will come to order. without objection, chair, me, i m authorized to declare records, recess at any time. i welcome everyone to today s hearing. citizens united at 10:00 and potential responses by congress. and now recognize myself for an opening statement. can t hear me? no. can you hear me now? well, i m not going to talk that way. i ll try to talk closer to the microphone. thank you. this year marks the tenth anniversary of the supreme court s deeply troubling decision federal commission. no, this is as good as i m going to do. that decision has resulted in the corrosion of our democracy today s hearing will examine the extent of this corrosion and explore ways to repair the damage as a result of that decision. in citizens united supreme court struck down is unconstitutional ban on corporations and unions using general treasury funds to make expenditures for