A heads-up for people interested in hearing Congressional testimony from Philippe Sands, the British author of The Torture Team, and from National Lawyers' Guild President Marjorie Cohn. The House Judiciary Committee's Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee has the following agenda Tuesday morning:

Tuesday 05/06/2008 - 10:00 AM

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing on: From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part I

Witness List:

~Philippe Sands, QC

Professor of Law, University College London

Barrister, Matrix Chambers

~Marjorie Cohn

Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

President, National Lawyers Guild

~David B. Rivkin, Jr.

Partner, Baker & Hostetler, LLP

~David J. Luban

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

It appears that C-SPAN will not be airing this important hearing (although they may record it for later broadcast), but there will be a live streaming webcast available via the committee's website:

http://judiciary.house.gov/schedule.aspx

Immediately preceding that hearing is this official business, concerning two other witnesses who were asked, but declined, to attend Tuesday's session to testify to our representatives about actions taken in our name by appointees of our Executive Branch of government:

Tuesday 05/06/2008 - 9:30 AM

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Meeting to consider: To consider a resolution authorizing the Chairman of the Committee to issue subpoenas to David Addington and John C. Yoo

Not surprising, but remove the context of Obama, for no one cares what he thinks in this matter.

Government intelligence services, sworn to secrecy, warned us that Iran is already fighting against America.

This warning should be believed because the government is extremely reluctant for it to be true, so if the government finds something it doesn't want to be true, and tells you anyway, then it proves that it's true.

They are being honest in spite of their own agenda.

/sarcasm.

All the Bush/Cheney Crime Cartel needs now is another $3 Trillion Dollars and a Mandatory Draft of every citizen between the ages of 18 to 55 to continue phase 3 of

"Operation Kill Everyone".

More Rev Wright stories, please!!!

...that 'we the people' are pretty helpless in all of this Bushian/GOP mess.

I'm, a firm believer in the idea that people don't create war governments do, and that is what it is doing. Somehow I think people are doomed. Right wing government and right wing religion, including my own, is/are doing all of the war creating. 'We the people' seem quite helpless to stop it. Bush's list of the ten countries that he/they are going to attack is what we are all doomed to have foisted upon us.

With the seeming imminence of the Iran war I just don't see anyway around it.

And did we all see the George H.W. Bush puff piece on PBS last night. Why were we treated to all of that 'wonderfulness' (sarcasm). Exactly why were we treated to all of that right wing Bush crap. Are they starting up the sanitizing machine for George H.W. And for what purpose. Are 'we the people' being prepared for the announcement that McCain 's veep will be Jeb Bush. So they need to begin now the sanitizing of the Bush family name. Or will Condi be the veep for McCain, both of whom are GOP failures, just like George W. Will Condi be the Cheney to McCain's George W. Which would then set her up for her own presidency. and the endless continuation of the GOP ME wars for oil and colonialism/ imperialism.

Is there no end to what evil these people are capable of doing. Chickenhawks they are while others keep

doing the dying.

Glenn, I couldn't agree with you more about Michael Gordon and the NYTimes.

When I read this 'reporting' I immediately was struck by two things:

1. A total lack of any named sources.

2. A massive level of pro-war shilling and propaganda for the ruling-elite 'corporatist Empire' that hides behind the facade of this 'Vichy' government.

The Emperor wears no clothes, and yet the Empire can do no wrong.

I had totally missed the NY Times story from Gordon. There's really no excuse for it, it's kind of impossible to read the situation as being anything but he's doing his job, which his editors are fine with. He couldn't get a passing grade at J-school with a story like that; it's impossible that they don't understand how badly done it is.

On another topic entirely, maybe the Iran situation is why Petreaus got his recent promotion.

Looks like it's on:

The Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, chaired by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), has authorized a subpoena for Addington.

http://tinyurl.com/3rxy98