Assistant Attorney General David Kris was confirmed on March 25, 2009. A hearing to consider his nomination was held on February 25, 2009. An archived webcast is available. On March 5, 2009, the Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration. The nomination was referred to the Intelligence Committee, which reported the nomination to the Senate for consideration on March 12, 2009. 
A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination, is available through the Government Printing Office. Attachments to the Committee Questionnaire are available upon request.
Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination
- February 23, 2009 - United States Internet Service Provider Association
- February 23, 2009 - John Ashcroft, former Attorney General
- February 18, 2009 - Benjamin A. Powell, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- February 18, 2009 - Scott W. Muller, Davis Polk & Wardwell; former General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency
- February 10, 2009 - James Robinson, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; former United States Attorney; former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
- February 9, 2009 - Theodore Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crucher LLP, former Solicitor General
- February 6, 2009 - David Cole, Co-Academic Director, Center for Transitional Legal Studies
- February 5, 2009 - Suzanne E. Spaulding, Bingham Consulting
- February 5, 2009 - Richard Parsons
- February 5, 2009 - Randolph D. Moss, WilmerHale; former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
- February 4, 2009 - Larry D. Thompson, former Deputy Attorney General
- February 4, 2009 - Kate Martin, Director, Center for National Security Studies
- February 3, 2009 - Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow and Research Director in Public Law, Brookings Institute
- February 3, 2009 - Robert S. Litt, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General
- February 3, 2009 - Daniel Levin, White & Case; former Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, former Assistant United States Attorney
- February 3, 2009 - Ronald D. Lee, former Associate Deputy Attorney General
- February 2, 2009 - Jamie Gorelick, WilmerHale, former Deputy Attorney General
- February 2, 2009 - Richard Cullen, McGuireWoods, former Attorney General of the State of Virginia, former U.S. Attorney
- February 2, 2009 - John B. Bellinger, III
- February 1, 2009 - Janet Reno, former Attorney General
- January 30, 2009 - Daniel Marcus, former Associate Attorney General, American University Washington College of Law
- January 30, 2009 - Michael Chertoff, former Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
- January 29, 2009 - Seth P. Waxman, WilmerHale, former Solicitor General
- January 29, 2009 - Kenneth L. Wainstein, former Homeland Security Advisor
- January 29, 2009 - Stewart A. Baker, former Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security; former General Counsel for the National Security Agency
