Good afternoon. Were now going to start the first afternoon session. And the topic, again, is theirst foreign Intelligence Surveillance court. Were pleased to have as witnesses james baker whoshave formerly with the department of Justice Office of intelligence and policy review, judge james carr, whos senior federal judge with the United States District Court of the Northern District of ohio and formerly a judge from 20022008 and marc civillingier zwillinger who is a former doj attorney in the crime and intellectual property section. Rt i understand that each of you have brief prepared remark, so please go ahead, and afterwards we will have, as we did on the last panel be, rounds of questioning, five minutes, thisa time for each of the board members. But please go ahead. Id like to thank the board for inviting me back. Its truly an honor to be here, and its an honor to be able ton discuss these cieps of issues ie this type of setting, so ith appreciate the opportunity. I justes have a
here are some of the top stories making news this morning. texas has carried out its first execution using a sedative often used to euthanize animals due to a shortage of another sedative usually used. kerry kerr who was put to death of the sexual assault and strangling of a woman in 2001 maintained his innocence in his final words. daily mail claims the honeymoon of william and katherine duchess of cambridge may have been delayed by the osama bin laden mission. the paper says the delay had more to do with the couple s safety rather than the prince s wish to rush back to work. a palace spokesperson said the delay was a personal decision made weeks ago. the newlyweds will honeymoon later this month. prince william s father, prince charles, made a trip to washington, d.c. yesterday. last night he met with war veterans at a reception following a visit to the supreme court earlier in the day. in new york, a rather wooden skrul tour by paul gauguin sold
tough question, whether or not to release the final images showing the terror leader s body. reporter: cia director leon panetta gave lawmakers a briefing about the bin laden raid. they gave him advice about the death photos. it was important for the united states to release the picture of his body to confirm that he is dead. reporter: pinetta agreed. we got bin laden and i think we have to reveal to the rest of the world the fact that we were able to get him. reporter: it s not the cia director s call. it s president obama s. he doesn t want to spoil his big success by rushing out what the white house calls gruesome shots. i ll be candid that there are sensitivities here in terms of the appropriateness of releasing photographs of osama bin laden. reporter: more arguments against release. the dna match was reported perfect, better proof than a picture. the streets in the muslim world are quiet. why insight trouble? in pakistan, the government insisted again no a