Cable deprived...Help....
And my FoxNews feed just died.
A quick and dirty: The hearing was called to order by Sen Lieberman and Sen Collins. They’ve had 5 expert witnesses so far: General John Keane; Fran Townsend, Mitchell Silver, Mr. Something Zarate and Brian Jenkins.
A Q&A session is to follow.
They’ve been laying out the issues and phases of radicalization of homegrown terror plots.
In 2009 8 plots have been discovered here in the US and 2 actual attacks have happened.
Off to try and get hooked up again!
Back up and running.
Since you’re cable deprived you might want to read this from Bloomberg about the hearings so far.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aEO2eVuq9XEI
Mr Zarate’s name is Juan ( not something)
Now, Susan Collins is asking Fran Townsend about the role First Amendment rights concerns - she is asking about the restrictions in FISA and whether they preclude investigating individuals.
FT: To the extent that there may have been concern about first amendment rights - there were other factors that could have formed the basis for further inquiry.
She goes onto cite the role of political correctness and the need to pursue the facts where they lead them.