Oversight Oversight
Here's a list of hearings scheduled by Jerod Nadler (D-NY):–
The National Security Agency’s wiretapping program and proposed expansions;That's a good start. But wake me when there are subpoena, impeachments, concept of Congress or something tangible.
– The erosion of Habeas Corpus through the Military Commissions Act;
– The sanctioning of torture through the Military Commissions Act and other government policies;
– The practice of “extraordinary rendition,” or government sponsored kidnapping;
– PATRIOT Act threats to privacy rights, including the FBI’s abuses of the National Security Letter authority and intrusions into Americans’ “Freedom to Read”;
– Government surveillance of First Amendment-protected activities; and
– The gutting of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights and Voting Rights Divisions.
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