Thompson to Hold Hearing on DHS Spy Satellite Program

On Thursday, September 9th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, will hold a full Committee open hearing on the privacy and civil liberties implications of the National Applications Office, the new office in the Department of Homeland Security charged with civil/domestic intelligence gathering. 

Thursday, September 9, 2007 @ 10am, 311 Cannon House Office Building

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

Witnesses (partial): Charles Allen, Chief Intelligence Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Hugo Teufel, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Dan Sutherland, the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer, Department of Homeland Security.

There will not be a webcast of this hearing.

ENDS