Improving Detainee Policy: Handling Terrorism Detainees within the American Justice System
Full Committee Hearing

Full Committee
Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM
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Agenda

NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on "Improving Detainee Policy: Handling Terrorism Detainees within the American Justice System" for Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

By order of the Chairman

Member Statements

  1. Senator Patrick Leahy (D - VT)
  2. Senator Russ Feingold (D - WI)

Witnesses

Panel I

  1. The Honorable John C. Coughenour
    Judge
    U. S. District Court, Western District of Washington
    Seattle , WA
  2. James J. Benjamin Jr.
    Partner
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
    New York , NY
  3. Benjamin Wittes
    Fellow and Research Director in Public Law
    The Brookings Institution
    Washington , DC
  4. Professor Amos N. Guiora
    Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law
    University of Utah
    Salt Lake City , UT
  5. Tom Malinowski
    Washington Advocacy Director
    Human Rights Watch
    Washington , DC