Coverage continues sunday with Lyndon Johnsons november 27 of just to congress and your questions live with robert caro and president ial historian to medina tolly timothy naftali. Jfk on American History television this weekend on cspan3. Discussion on proposed changes to nsa surveillance and foreign intelligence gathering. This begins with remarks from jim sensenbrenner. He is one of the authors of the 2001 patriot act. He is followed by a Panel Discussion beard this is hosted by the georgetown law center. It is about 2. 5 hours. It is my pleasure to welcome you to Georgetown University law center. Today marks the second discussion of the law schools past himt series on it a present, and future of intelligence gathering in the United States. [feedback] october we kept them on Church Committee hearings and look for the origins of the foreign intelligence. Today were going to be focused on current intelligent gathering practices. We will consider them currently before congress that wou
Say there is an attack or a bombing in a major american city, during a marathon. So, the boston bombing. Within a few days of that you have a suspect or two suspects identified. You have a cell phone that relates to one of those suspects. The question is can the government take the cell phone number and query the metadata to see the phone calls that number has made and the calls made to it . You could go to each of the providers and ask them individually for that information and hope that they kept that information for long enough to be relevant to provide the information you need,whether that is three months, six months, one year. We have tried to do this using the 215 program, which is to collect that data, limit the circumstances that one can use it and have a database that can be searched under strict control, to see what number that number has had called or has been called from when time is of the essence are there other bombs, perpetrators, associates as part of a broader investi
To have that wave forked the gag orders. What are the elements in the bill you are think are promises moving tbhard address your concerns . I think the provisions you just described are crucial to the bill, and for that reason we have the aclu strongly supports the legislation. The sense of legislation. You know, one thing ill say on that it got to be the beginning. It cant be the end of reform in this area. There is a lot of surveillance that go on nods are outside the scope of these particular provisions being addressed in the bill. A lot of surveillance goes on under 1233 some of the documents released last night have to do the surveillance. Then there are structure issues that have to be addressed too if youre going to ensure that surveillance is used in the way it ought to be used. Refresh her recollection, you have need stronger protection for whistle blowers. Make sure they feel protected bringing it to light. You have to have some way to ensure that the courts can review what t
That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. John fund and hans von von sa cover are next von spakovsky are next on booktv. They argue thatni eric holder ad the lawyers he surrounds himself with have transformed the Justice Department into a stronghold of legal activism. They also talk about attorney general holders involvement with recent scandals surrounding the atf and the surveillance of journalist james rosen. This is about an hour. Why dont we go ahead and get, get started. I would remind people if they would just take a moment to turn off their cell phones, id appreciate that. Sww there we go, somebodys listening to me. [laughter] im john malcolm, im the director of the Edwin Meese Center for legal and judicial studies. We are here today to discuss a new book entitled obamas enforcer eric holders Justice Department. T the book is a thorough, provocative and unsparing account of the department of justice under the tenure of attorney general eric holder. It describes a Justice Depa
Vegas to be the libertarian conference holds of the discussion and debate on a wide variety of political topics. On saturday, july 12, book tv will be live from the harlem but fair held at the Schomburg Center for research at black culture in new york city. On august 30th we are live at the library of Congress National book festival at the Washington Convention center. And from september 2628, the annual baltimore book festival takes place at the citys inner harbor. Let us know about book fares and festivals in your area and we will add them to our list. Email us. Youre watching book tv on cspan2. Here is our prime time lineup for tonight. John fund and Hans Von Spakovsky are next on book tv. They argue that eric holder and the lawyers is surrounds himself with have transported the Justice Department. They also talk about attorney general holders involvement with the recent scandals surrounding the atf and the surveillance of journalist james rose and. This is about an hour. I want to