September 22, 2009
At a hearing in the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Congressman Nadler questioned expert witnesses on the efficacy of the USA PATRIOT Act and considered the ways in which this overbroad law needs to be reformed.
The expert witnesses who appeared before the Subcommittee were: Todd Hinnen, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice; Suzanne Spalding, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group, and former Democratic Staff Director for U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Mike German, Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, and former Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent; Thomas B. Evans Jr., Chairman, the Evans Group, Ltd, and former Member of Congress (R-DE); and Kenneth Wainstein, Partner, OMelveny & Myers, LLP, and former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice.
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