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All Correspondence, hearings, press releases --- Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Committee on Homeland Security

Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Resource Page

This page compiles a list of Committee activities regarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in the 110th Congress


Hearings:
9/6/07 – Full Committee Hearing:

“Turning Spy Satellites on the Homeland: “The Privacy & Civil Liberties Implications of the National Applications Office”

3/14/07 – Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment Hearing:

“The Department of Homeland Security State & Local Fusion Center Program: Advancing Information Sharing While Safeguarding Civil Liberties"


Press Releases:
1/11/08 – Administration Fails Again on REAL ID

10/30/07 – Thompson Writes Chertoff on Watch List Redress

10/1/07 – DHS Delays Launch of Spy Satellite Program

9/26/07 – Committee Democrats Call for Moratorium on NAO Funding

9/6/07 – Thompson, Harman, Carney Call for Moratorium on Spy Satellite Program

8/28/07 – Thompson to Hold Hearing on DHS Spy Satellite Program

5/10/07 – Chertoff Questioned on TSA Data Breach


Legislation:
H.R. 5170 – The Department of Homeland Security Component Privacy Officer Act

H.R. 1 – Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007

Letters and Correspondence:
Automated Targeting System:

12/8/06
1/17/07
2/21/07 (Response)
6/19/07
7/9/07 (Response)
9/25/07


FOIA and Watch Lists:

5/23/07
6/15/07
8/9/07
9/5/07
10/9/07
10/30/07
11/7/07
11/8/07

Detention Centers:

8/21/07
9/7/07
10/24/07
11/13/07



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