This is very specific saying where the two legislators principally in charge of this said this is what we understand the requirements are, that were going to maintain the black voting age population in each district. That brings me to my second point which is that imagine that we had done the same thing the plaintiffs are suggesting and we had a higher Political Science telling us that 55 should be the target. I dont think we should say race dominated in that circumstance just because we had a different target. They are bringing effectively a circumstantial case here. They have the fact that we said this is our objective under section 5 Justice Kagans question points out the fact that the defenders of this plan did not rely on the fact that it was a political gerrymander and, of course, they said there was the 2 goal. The basis was race in order to comply with section 5. My point about that is certainly with respect to specific districts they were based on partisanship. Had they challe
For her coverage of the National Security agency and in 2000 received a citation from the education writers association. She will moderate our panel. Thank you so much, and thanks for joining us for our, i guess, officially unsexy panel. [laughter] but congressional reform is probably the most high profile reform that has never fully or really at all been embraced. And in their tenyear report looking at the current state of play for National Security, the commission cites theres actually been a proliferation of committees that are now responsible for counterterrorism and Homeland Security types of issues. Were now up from 88 to 92, so i guess thats some kind of accomplishment that well discuss here. The report also highlights another congressional oversight problem in another realm which is actually too little congressional oversight when it comes to certain types of programs like sensitive intelligence programs, particularly as weve seen recently those that were highlighted in the sno
Have not had the direct testimony of those affected by it and those who represent some who are affected by it. And so thats what this hearing was before. The fact that some senators have left, dont let that bother you. Markups are unusual. And thats why they had to come because theyre all 13, and they had to go do something else, but youre the point of all this. I want that to be very, very clear to you. So as i said, very glad to welcome four witnesses who will help us understand firsthand the consequences of the instances and what they had to go through. Yoig this is not an easy subject to talk about, let that be said, okay, so that its painful. And however you reflect that pain, the committee understands it. Welcomes it, joins you in, you know, the difficulty of coming up here and testifying before a senate committee. Although its really not that difficult after all. The cruise industry, im happy to say, is not happy that im holding this hearing. Theyre very unhappy. Those companies
What would be acceptable in congress in a short period of time with the structure that we have. So the agility that tom talked about is critical. You need organization on the executive branch side, but you also need a fully armed partner on the congressional side, and i dont think we have that. Governor thompson . As to the rapidly evolving technology, we all understand that. And what is useful today may not be useful tomorrow and things we cant even imagine now may be coming along. Im sure they will. But what were looking at is a framework within which government in the private sector can accommodate each others interests in preventing cyber attacks. Does the military of the United States or nsa possess knowledge, experience that can be useful to the private sector, to our banks, to our utilities, all of whom can expect some kind of cyber attack because its happened before. Well, the answer to that is yes. Do we have a framework in the United States where the military, the nsa, other
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