Twelve Steps—Related Hearings

12 Steps

THE WHITE HOUSE AND CHECKS & BALANCES
• Signing Statements
• Excessive Secrecy & Classification
• Executive Privilege

OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE

SURVEILLANCE & SECRECY
• FISA

TORTURE, RENDITION & DETENTION
• Habeas Corpus
• Guantánamo Bay

The White House and Checks & Balances

Assessing the State Department Inspector General (11/14/2007)

Strengthening the Unique Role of the Nation’s Inspectors General (7/11/2007)

Inspectors General: Independence and Accountability (6/20/2007)

Signing Statements

Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration (1/31/2007)

Excessive Secrecy & Classification

Preserving the Rule of Law in the Fight Against Terrorism (10/2/2007)

Executive Privilege

Examining the State Secrets Privilege: Protecting National Security While Preserving Accountability (2/13/2008)

Oversight Hearing of the Department of Justice (2/7/2008)

Oversight Hearing on Reform of the State Secrets Privilege (1/29/2008)

Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? – Part VII (8/2/2007)

A Resolution and Report Recommending to the House of Representatives that Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten be Cited for Contempt of Congress (7/25/2007)

Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice (7/24/2007)

Consideration of Issuing Subpoena to the Republican National Committee (7/12/2007)

Hearing on: The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters (7/12/2007)

Hearing on: The Use and Misuse of Presidential Clemency Power for Executive Branch Officials (7/11/2007)

Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? – Part VI (7/11/2007)

Hearing on: The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters (7/11/2007)

Hearing on: The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters (5/23/2007)

Oversight Hearing on the United States Department of Justice (5/10/2007)

Hearing on The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy (5/3/2007)

Oversight Committee Issues Three Subpoenas To Further Investigations (4/25/2007)

Meeting to Consider a Resolution Authorizing the Chairman to Subpoena Monica Goodling and Approval of Vacant Subcommittee Assignments (4/18/2007)

Department of Justice Oversight (4/19/2007)

Hearing on: Ensuring Executive Branch Accountability (3/29/2007)

Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?–Part III (3/29/2007)

Subcommittee Meeting to Consider Subpoena Authorization Concerning the Recent Termination of United States Attorneys and Related Subjects (3/21/2007)

Hearing Examines Exposure of Covert CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson's Identity (3/16/2007)

Hearing: “H.R. 580, Restoring Checks and Balances in the Confirmation Process of U.S. Attorneys” (3/6/2007)

Part II–Preserving Prosecutorial Independence (3/6/2007)

Is the DOJ Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? (2/6/2007)

Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice (1/18/2007)

Oversight of Intelligence

Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice (1/30/2008)

Return of subpoenas regarding the legal justifications for the President’s warrantless wiretapping program from 2001 to 2007 (8/20/2007)

Oversight Hearing on Privacy in the Hands of the Government: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and the Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (7/24/2007)

Open Hearing: Congressional Oversight (11/13/2007)

Surveillance & Secrecy

Hearing on Classification of National Security Information (7/12/2007)

Evaluating the Progress and Identifying Obstacles in Improving the Federal Government's Security Clearance Process (5/17/2007)

Responding to The Inspector General’s Findings of Improper Use of National Security Letters by the FBI (4/11/2007)

National Security Letters (3/28/2007)

Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (3/27/2007)

Misuse of Patriot Act Powers: The Inspector General’s Findings of Improper Use of the National Security Letters by the FBI (3/21/2007)

Hearing on: The Inspector General's Independent Report on the F.B.I.'s Use of National Security Letters.(3/20/2007)

FISA

Torture, Rendition & Detention

Oversight Hearing on Torture and the Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment of Detainees: The Effectiveness and Consequences of “Enhanced” Interrogation (11/8/2007)

Joint Oversight Hearing on Rendition to Torture: The Case of Maher Arar (10/18/2007)

Closed Hearing: Interrogation (Unclassified Testimony Attached) (9/25/2007)

Information Relating to the Treatment of Detainees (9/6/2007)

Information Relating to the Treatment of Detainees (9/4/2007)

Information relating to the Treatment of Detainees (8/3/2007)

Legal Issues Regarding Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense as Unlawful Enemy Combatants (4/26/2007)

Habeas Corpus

Hearing on Applicability of Federal Criminal Laws to the Interrogation of Detainees (12/20/2007)

Upholding the Principle of Habeas Corpus for Detainees (7/26/2007)

Oversight hearing on Habeas Corpus and Detentions at Guantánamo Bay (6/26/2007)

Restoring Habeas Corpus: Protecting American Values and the Great Writ (5/22/2007)

Guantánamo Bay

The Legal Rights of Guantánamo Detainees: What Are They, Should They Be Changed, and Is an End in Sight? (12/11/2007)

Oversight hearing on Habeas Corpus and Detentions at Guantánamo Bay (6/26/2007)

Military Commissions Act and the continued use of Guantánamo Bay as a detention facility (3/29/2007)