Is not there . Thats why we recently sent a letter to the committee to the heads of the phs calling for Interagency Task force to take a holistic approach in supporting venetians industry. Im concerned about the different requirements and Health Assessments across the nation. A lot of different requirements and confucian. That affects millions of travelers intimately in who depend on the healthy aviation sector. I repeat, 11 million workers who depend on the Aviation Industry. Among the most publicized is the social distancing measures. They were most visible when they issued to help slow the spread of this deadly virus. Today at the security checkpoint many different images have emerged full of unmasked passengers and americans are rightfully surprised when by all accounts the demand for travel is still very low. Even now we hear from airlines limiting is not necessary. Into the economic environment with very limited resources. Thats why we must make sure the measures be put intous pl
America about the efforts to improve the safety of airports and planes and what the federal government can do. Security wille now come to order. Thank you, Ranking Member and the panel of witnesses for joining us today. We are here to discuss proposals for how to restore our nations been so system that has devastated by covid19. We have seen passenger volume in the last few months go as low as 5 of normal. Today it is close to 15 to 20 of normal, but that is not good enough to keep the Aviation Industry in business. It is not good enough to help this nation. Know, this pandemic is unprecedented. The lack of federal leadership and interaction, coordination is very concerning to all of us. We ask the question, how can we project our frontline aviation workers and our passengers if consultation and coordination is not there. That is why Sherman Thompson and i recently sent a letter with the leadership of the Transportation Committee to the heads of dhs and tot calling for preferred and do
Will come back to the auditorium. Both those president here and watching at home. I am again senior fellow, burried pleased to welcome you to the second panelist of the 2019 Institute Surveillance conference. This continues the theme, focusing on oversight. With respect to two controversial programs. Surveillance on section seven oh two of Foreign Policy and a provision of section 215 that provides for a burried large scale automated collection of phone records. Both of these programs have had some serious complaints. That come to live over the past year. And so we thought it useful to examine how those arose, what the nature of the problems of the discovery is and how the Intelligence Community is responding to them and whether the response is adequate. So the discussion will be headed up by prizewinning port reporter, Charlie Savage. His book power wars is probably the best portrait of nast National Security policy making. In a president ial ministration. I will pass you on to Charli
The Muslim Public Affairs council hosted a discussion on National Security and civil rights as part of their annual convention in los angeles. Its 40 minutes. Good afternoon everyone. For those who dont know my name is seema ahmad the chair for the Public Affairs council. Thank you so much for joining us. I am personally thrilled about the Panel Discussion we have lined up first for you. Ill do very brief introductions of each of our speakers, kick it off with a couple questions, then well hear them have a conversation about the issue of policing and National Security on one hand and civil rights and Civil Liberties on the other. Is mediately to my left the chaired professor of law at usc teaching torts and criminal law and he has written and spoken extensively about the criminal Justice System, race, mass incarceration, and were thrilled to have you, jody. Thank you. And next to professor armor is mike downing former deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police department. Mike was with lap
Discussion on, a the history and the impact of the pentagon papers. From washington journal, this is an hour. Continues. Joining us from new york city is David Rudenstine, a professor of law at the core does a school of law core does that or does out cordozo school of law. He is also the author of the day the presses stopped a history of the pentagon papers case. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you. I am delighted to be here. Phyllis coming up that focuses on the Washington Post coverage of the pentagon papers. Remind us of what the pentagon papers work. Papersthe pentagon totaled 2. 5 million words, 7000 pages, and it weighed 60 pounds. It was a history of how the United States got involved in totnam from roughly 1945 1968. The Washington Post covering the made it to the Supreme Court. Explain what happened. Guest that is a complicated question. Given to there New York Times in 1971. , 1971, the new york seriespushing a 10part publishing the papers. The papers were classified to