The Legal, Moral, and National Security Consequences of 'Prolonged Detention'
Full Committee Hearing

Subcommittee on the Constitution
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
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Agenda

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution will hold a hearing entitled "The Legal, Moral, and National Security Consequences of 'Prolonged Detention'" on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Chairman Feingold will preside.

Member Statements

  1. Senator Russ Feingold (D - WI)
  2. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D - CA)
  3. Senator Patrick Leahy (D - VT)

Witnesses

Panel I

  1. Richard Klingler
    Partner
    Sidley Austin LLP
    Washington , DC
  2. David Laufman
    Partner
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
    Washington , DC
  3. Sarah Cleveland
    Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights, Faculty Co-Director, Human Rights Institute
    Columbia Law School
    New York , NY
  4. David Rivkin
    Partner, Baker Hostetler LLP
    Co-Chairman, Center for Law and Counterterrorism, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
    Washington , DC
  5. Sarah Cleveland
    Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights, Faculty Co-Director, Human Rights Institute
    Columbia Law School
    New York , NY
  6. Tom Malinowski
    Washington Advocacy Director
    Human Rights Watch
    Washington , DC
  7. Elisa Massimino
    CEO and Executive Director
    Human Rights First
    Washington , DC