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Daily Archives: July 22, 2005

House Hears Testimony From Former Intelligence Officials on Disclosure of Plame Identity

Friday, July 22, 2005 – “At a hearing co-chaired by Rep. Waxman and Senator Byron Dorgan, several former intelligence officials testify about the damage to national security caused by the White House outing of covert CIA official Valerie Plame Wilson.”

  • “This investigation is a result of the CIA asking the Justice Department to conduct a criminal investigation. Why would the CIA have done that?…Protecting the identity of covert agents representing this country in the gathering of intelligence is critically important. In fact, the identifying of a covert agent can be a very serious breach of national security. The identifying of a covert agent who’s collecting intelligence for this country can also put lives at risk and lives in danger.”
  • Fact Sheet: Administration Security Breaches Involving Valerie Plame Wilson
  • Links to opening statements, witness biographies and respective statements, as well as hearing transcript (all in PDF)
  • TSA Violated Air Passenger Privacy With Data Collection

    Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Did Not Fully Disclose Uses of Personal Information During Secure Flight Program Testing in Initial Privacy Notes, but Has Recently Taken Steps to More Fully Inform the Public, GAO-05-864R, July 22, 2005. See also related postings on the TSA Secure Flight program Continue Reading

    Institute for Global Security, Law and Policy’s Website

    “Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to announce the launch of the Institute for Global Security, Law and Policy’s website. The site features a blog providing analysis of critical global security issues as well as links to legal and policy commentary, other blogs, and news summaries across the Internet…The site reflects Case… Continue Reading

    Report on State Tort Reform Legislation

    Press release, July 21, 2005: “A new report released today by the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) chronicles a trend of state enactment of meaningful, comprehensive civil justice reform legislation. During the past two years, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and South Carolina have continued the momentum that began in 2003 with significant civil justice reform… Continue Reading

    WomensHealth.gov

    “Today, the National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC) is proud to announce our newly updated home page and web site address (www.WomensHealth.gov). As women’s health continues to gain more visibility, we recognized the need to redesign our home page to make it easier and faster for you to navigate—so you can find the health information… Continue Reading