As Chairman and now Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security, I have long fought to improve the federal government’s ability to prevent, defend against, and respond to the terrorist threat facing our nation. The Subcommittee’s jurisdiction includes oversight of anti-terrorism enforcement and policy, electronic privacy and computer security, and the Freedom of Information Act.
The Subcommittee has convened hearings on a variety of issues, including vulnerabilities in our nation’s border security and immigration laws, identity theft, and the detention of individuals captured in the war against the terrorists.
Below you will find witness lists, testimony, and transcripts from each of the Subcommittee’s hearings. I would also encourage you to review the report issued by the Subcommittee at the end of 2006. That report, entitled “Five Years After September 11: Keeping American Safe,” provides a detailed review of the Subcommittee’s activities from 2005 to 2006, and discusses the Congressional actions taken to respond to vulnerabilities identified at each of the Subcommittee’s hearings during that period.
110th Congress Hearings
December 11, 2007
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
“The Legal Rights of Guantanamo Detainees: What Are They, Should They Be Changed, and Is an End in Sight?”
Senator Kyl's Statement (pdf, 13K)
PANEL I
Brig. General Thomas Hartmann (pdf, 25K), Legal Advisor to the Convening Authority for Military Commissions
Steven Engel (pdf, 84K), Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel
PANEL II
Mark Denbeaux (pdf, 30K), Retired Seton Hall Law Professor
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Hutson (24K), Dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center
Debra Burlingame (pdf, 50K), Member of the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial Foundation
July 17, 2007
Hearing before The Senate Judiciary Committee
“Hearing to Examine the Prosecution of Ignacio Ramos
and Jose Compean”
Senator Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 13K)
Representative Duncan Hunter, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
PANEL I
David V. Aguilar (pdf, 24K), Chief, Office of Border Patrol U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC
Johnny Sutton (pdf, 74 K also attachment pdf, 143K), U.S. Attorney, Western District of Texas San Antonio, TX
Panel II
T. J. Bonner (pdf, 33K), President, National Border Patrol Council, Campo, CA
Luis Barker (pdf, 17K), Deputy Chief, Office of Border Patrol U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC
David L. Botsford, Appellate Counsel for Mr. Ramos, Austin, TX
May 2, 2007
“Interrupting Terrorist Travel: Strengthening the Security of International Travel Documents”
Complete hearing transcript (pdf, 3.7M)
Senator Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 8K)
PANEL I
Andrew Simkin (pdf, 710K),
Director of Fraud Prevention Programs,
Bureau of Consular Affairs,
Department of State,
Washington, DC
Patrick Donovan (pdf, 155K),
Assistant Director for Domestic Operations and
Acting Director of Diplomatic Security for Counter Measures,
Diplomatic Security, Department of State,
Washington, DC
Michael P. Everitt (pdf, 464K),
Unit Chief,
Forensic Documents Laboratory, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC
Paul Morris (pdf, 528),
Executive Director,
Admissibility Requirements and Migration Control Office of Field Operations,
US Customs and Border Protection,
Washington, DC
PANEL II
The Honorable Ronald K. Noble (1083K),
Secretary General of Interpol,
Lyon, France
Clark Kent Ervin (pdf, 494K),
Director of Homeland Security,
Aspen Institute,
Former Inspector General of Department of Homeland Defense and Author of Open Target: Where America is Vulnerable to Attack,
Washington, DC
Brian Zimmer (pdf, 1028K),
Senior Associate,
Kelly, Anderson & Associates Inc.,
Former Senior Investigator,
Committee on the Judiciary,
U. S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC
March 21, 2007
“Identity
Theft: Innovative Solutions
for an Evolving Problem”
Complete hearing transcript (pdf, 4.7M)
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 23K)
PANEL I
Ronald Tenpas
(pdf, 83K), Associate Deputy Attorney General, United States Department
of Justice, Washington, DC
Lydia
Parnes (pdf, 621K), Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection,
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
PANEL II
James Davis
(pdf, 512K), Chief Information Officer, Vice Chancellor for Information
Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
CA
Joanne
McNabb (pdf, 544K), Chief, California Office of Privacy Protection,
Sacramento, CA
Chris
Jay Hoffnagle (pdf, 1.8M), Senior Staff Attorney, Samuelson
Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, School of Law, University
of California, Berkley, Berkley, CA
January 31, 2007
"US-VISIT:
Challenges and Strategies for
Securing the U.S. Border "
Complete hearing transcript (pdf, 9.4M)
PANEL I
The Honorable Richard Barth, Ph.D. (pdf, 596K), Assistant Secretary Office of Policy Development, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
Robert A. Mocny (pdf, 596K), Acting Director, US-VISIT Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
PANEL II
Richard Stana (pdf, 1.77M), Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.
Phillip J. Bond, President and CEO, Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, V.A.
C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. (pdf, 1M) President, Monument Policy Group, Washington, D.C.
109th Congress
Hearings
September 7, 2006
"Keeping
Terrorists Off The Plane: Strategies For Pre-Screening International
Passengers Before Takeoff "
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 15K)
PANEL I
Paul
Rosenzweig, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Planning and International Affairs, United States Department of
Homeland Security, Washington, DC (pdf, 31K)
Jayson
P. Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations,
United States Customs of Border Protection, Washington, DC (pdf,
31K)
Jess
Ford, Director of International Affairs and Trade, Government
Accountability Office, Washington, DC (pdf, 300K)
Leon
J. Laylagian, Executive Vice President, Passenger-Cargo Security
Group, Concord, NH (pdf, 36K)
July 27, 2006
"Detecting
Smuggled Nuclear Weapons"
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 21K)
PANEL I
Mr. Vayl Oxford,
Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Washington, DC (pdf,
23K)
Dr.
Steve Aoki, Deputy Under Secretary for Counterterrorism, Department
of Energy, Washington, DC (pdf, 19K)
Dr.
Peter Nanos, Associate Director of Research and Development,
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, VA (pdf, 17K)
Dr.
Michael Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on
Foreign Relations, New York, NY (pdf, 19K)
Dr. Fred Ikle, Distinguished Scholar, Center
for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
March 1, 2006
"Federal
Strategies to End Border Violence"
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 15K)
PANEL I
The
Honorable Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney, District
of Arizona,
Phoenix, Arizona (pdf, 28K)
David
Aguilar, Chief of Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection,
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C. (pdf, 22K)
Marcy
Forman, Director of Investigations, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
(pdf, 88K)
Panel II
The Honorable
Larry A. Dever, Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona (pdf, 10K)
The
Honorable Wayne Jernigan, Sheriff of Valverde County, Texas
(pdf, 1.26K)
Lavogyer
Durham, Manager of El Tule Ranch, Falfurrias, Texas (pdf,
14K)
T.J.
Bonner, President of the National Border Patrol Council, American
Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Campo, California
(pdf, 27K)
October 26, 2005
"Terrorism:
Emergency Preparedness "
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 15K)
PANEL I
Former Senator
Slade Gorton, 9/11 Public Discourse Project, Seattle, Washington
(pdf, 33K)
Wayne
Thomas, Vice President of Homeland Security, Innovative Emergency
Management, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana (pdf, 25K)
Henry
Renteria, Director, California Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services, Mather, California (pdf, 22K)
Matt
Bettenhausen, Director, Office of Homeland Security, Sacramento,
California (pdf, 18K)
Michael
O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and co-holder of Sydney Stein
chair
Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings Institution, Washington,
DC (pdf, 46K)
July 13, 2005
"Habeas
Corpus Proceedings and Issues of Actual Innocence "
Full Committee Hearing
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 17K)
PANEL I
Thomas
Dolgenos, Esq., Chief, Federal Litigation Unit, Philadelphia
District Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, PA
Barry
Scheck, Esq., Co-Director, Innocence Project, Law Professor,
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
Kent
Cattani, Esq., Chief Counsel, Office of the Arizona Attorney
General, Capitol Litigation Section, Phoenix, AZ
Seth
Waxman, Esq., (pdf, 2.2M) Former Solicitor General of the
United States, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr,
Washington, D.C.
Bryan
Stevenson, Esq., Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative
of Alabama, Professor of Clinical Law, New York University School
of Law, New York City, NY
John
Pressley Todd, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Capitol Litigation
Section, Phoenix, AZ
June 7, 2005
"The
Southern Border in Crisis: Resources and Strategies
to Improve National Security"
Joint Hearing: Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration,
Border Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism,
Technology and Homeland Security
Senator Kyl Press Releases:
Kyl
Highlights Most Pressing Challenges to U.S. Southern and Kyl
Releases Key Findings of Hearing on Most Pressing Border Problems
Senator Kyl's
Opening Statement (pdf, 11K)
PANEL I
David
Aguilar, Chief of the Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (pdf,
22K)
Wesley
Lee, Acting Director of Detention and Removal Operations,
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland
Security, Washington, DC (pdf, 44K)
PANEL II
C. Stewart
Verdery, Jr., Principal, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc.,
Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies,
Washington, DC (pdf, 110K)
May 17, 2005
"The
Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform:
Strengthening Our National Security"
Joint Hearing: Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border
Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology
and Homeland Security
PANEL I
The Honorable
Asa Hutchinson, Chair of the Homeland Security Practice, Venable,
L.L.P., Former Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security,
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (pdf, 15K)
Margaret
D. Stock, Assistant Professor of Law, United States Military
Academy, West Point, NY (pdf, 65K)
Mark
Reed, Border Management Strategies, LLC, Tucson, AZ (pdf,
18K)
April 28, 2005
"Strengthening
Border Security Between the Ports of Entry: The Use of Technology
to Protect the Borders "
Joint Hearing: Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border
Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology
and Homeland Security
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 8K)
PANEL I
David Aguilar,
Chief of the Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (pdf, 30K)
Kirk
Evans, Ph.D., Director, Mission Support Office, Science &
Technology Directorate, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (pdf,
49K)
April 20, 2005
"A
Review of the Material Support to Terrorism Prohibition "
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 5K)
PANEL I
Mr. Barry Sabin, Chief of Counterterrorism Section, Criminal Division
Department of Justice, and
Mr. Daniel Meron, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division,
Department of Justice (Joint
Testimony, pdf, 127K)
Mr.
Andrew McCarthy, Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense
of Democracies (pdf, 33K)
April 14, 2005
“Strengthening
Interior Enforcement:
Deportation and Related Issues”
Joint Hearing: Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration,
Border Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism,
Technology and Homeland Security
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 9K)
PANEL I
Jonathan Cohn,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (pdf, 810K)
Victor
Cerda, Acting Director of Detention and Removal, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C. (pdf, 57K)
PANEL II
David Venturella,
U.S. Investigations Service, Washington, D.C. (pdf, 14K)
Lee
Gelernt, Senior Staff Counsel, Immigrants’ Rights Project,
American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, D.C. (pdf, 34K)
March 15, 2005
"Openness
in Government and Freedom of Information: Examining the OPEN Government
Act of 2005 "
PANEL I
Katherine
M. "Missy" Cary, Assistant Attorney General of Texas,
Chief, Open Records Division, Austin, TX
Walter
Mears, former Washington Bureau chief and Executive Editor,
Associated Press, Chapel Hill, NC
Mark
Tapscott, Director, Center for Media and Public Policy, The
Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
Lisa
Graves, Senior Counsel for Legislative Strategy, American
Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC
Meredith
Fuchs, General Counsel, National Security Archive, George
Washington University, Washington, DC
Thomas
M. Susman, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC
March 14, 2005
"Strengthening
Enforcement and Border Security: The 9/11 Commission Staff Report
on Terrorist Travel "
Joint Hearing of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology,
and Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border
Security and Citizenship
Senator Kyl's 3/15/05 Weekly Column:
Homeland
Security Job No. 1: Protect Our Borders
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 7K)
PANEL I
Elaine
Dezenski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of
Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security, Washington,
DC
Tom Walters, Acting Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Training and Development for Customs and Border Protection,
Department of Homeland Defense, Washington, DC
PANEL II
Doris
Meissner, former Immigration and Naturalization Commissioner,
Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Janice
Kephart, former Staff Counsel for the 9/11 Commission, Senior
Consultant, The Investigative Project, Mount Vernon, VA
March 8, 2005
"Terrorism
and the EMP Threat to Homeland Security "
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 14K)
PANEL I
Dr. Lowell Wood,
Acting Chairman, Commission to Assess the Threat to the U.S. From
Electomagnetic Pulse Attack (pdf, 19K)
Dr.
Peter Pry, Senior Staff, Congressional EMP Commission, Washington,
DC (pdf, 19K)
Dr.
Peter Fonash, National Communications System Deputy Manager
(Acting), Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (pdf,
33K)
108th Congress
Hearings
September 13, 2004
"A
Review of the Tools to Fight Terrorism Act "
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 13K)
Panel I
The Honorable Daniel J. Bryant, Assistant Attorney General, Department
of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Barry Sabin, Esq., Chief, Counterterrorism Section
of the Criminal Division
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Joint
Testimony (pdf, 35K)
Panel II
Professor
Jonathan Turley (pdf, 69K), George Washington University Law
School, Washington, D.C.
June 22, 2004
"Tools
To Fight Terrorism: Subpoena Authority
and Pretrial Detention of Terrorists "
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 24K)
Rachel
Brand (pdf, 15K), Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy, Washington,
DC
Michael
A. Battle (pdf, 13K), United States Attorney, Western District
of New York, Buffalo, NY
James
K. Robinson (pdf, 28K), former Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, 1998-2001, Washington,
DC
June 15, 2004
"Biometric
Passports"
Full Committee Hearing
The
Honorable Asa Hutchinson (pdf, 48K), Undersecretary for Border
and Transportation Security Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security
The Honorable
Maura Harty (pdf, 95K), Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs,
Department of State
MAY 11, 2004
"Rapid
Bio-Terrorism Detection and Response"
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 20K)
Dr.
Paul Keim (pdf, 19K), Regents Professor of Biology, Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, and Director of Pathogen Genomics,
Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Dr. Harvey
W. Meislin (pdf, 47K), Director, Arizona Emergency Medicine
Research Center, Tucson, AZ
Dr. David
A. Relman (pdf, 21K), Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA
Dr. Jeffrey
Trent, (pdf, 17K) President, Translational Genomics Research
Institute, Phoenix, AZ
FEBRUARY 24, 2004
"Virtual
Threat, Real Terror: Cyberterrorism in the 21st Century"
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 19K)
Mr.
John Malcolm (pdf, 27K) Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
DOJ, Washington, DC
Mr. Keith
Lourdeau (pdf, 20K) Deputy Assistant Director, FBI, Washington,
DC
Mr. Amit Yoran
(pdf, 51K), Director of the National Cybersecurity Division, DHS,
Washington, DC
Mr. Dan Verton
(pdf, 164K), Author, Burke, VA
Mr. Howard
Schmidt (pdf, 49K), Chief information Security Officer, EBay,
San Jose, CA
JANUARY 27, 2004
"Covering
the Waterfront – A Review of Seaport Security
since September 11, 2001"
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 48K)
Mr.
Larry Hereth (pdf, 134K) Rear Admiral, Director of Port Security,
United States Coast Guard, Alexandria, VA
Mr. Robert
M. Jacksta (pdf, 42K) Executive Director, United States Customs
and Border Patrol, Fairfax, VA
Mr. Gary M.
Bald (pdf, 24K) Inspector, Deputy Assistant Director FBI,
Washington, DC
NOVEMBER 4, 2003
"Database
Security: Finding Out When Your Information Has Been Compromised"
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 14K)
PANEL I
Mr. David
McIntyre (pdf, 129K), President and CEO, TriWest Healthcare
Alliance, Phoenix, AZ
Mr. Mark
MacCarthy (pdf, 17K), Senior Vice President of Public Policy,
Visa U.S.A, Inc., Washington, DC
Mr. Evan
Hendricks (pdf, 18K), Editor, Privacy Times, Cabin
John, MD
OCTOBER 14, 2003
"Terrorist
Recruitment and Infiltration in the United States: Prisons and
Military as an Operational Base"
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 13K)
PANEL I
Mr. John
Pistole (pdf, 25K), Assistant Director of Counterterrorism,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC
The Honorable
Charles Abell (pdf, 38K), Principal Deputy Under Secretary
for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, Washington,
DC
The Honorable
Harley Lappin (pdf, 198K), Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons,
Washington, DC
PANEL II
Dr. Michael
Waller (pdf, 276K), Annenberg Professor of International Communication,
The Institute of World Politics, Washington, DC
Mr. Paul Rogers
(pdf, 25K), President, American Correctional Chaplains Association,
Waupun, WI
Mr. A. J. Sabree, Treasurer, American Correctional Chaplains Association,
Atlanta, GA
SEPTEMBER 10, 2003
“Terrorism:
Two Years Afer 9/11, Connecting the Dots”
Senator
Kyl's Opening Statement (pdf, 19K)
PANEL
Mr. Simon
Henderson (pdf, 65K), Founder Saudi Strategies, London, UK
Mr. Matthew
Epstein (pdf, 91K), Attorney, Terrorism Analyst and Assistant
Director of Research for the Investigative Project, Washington,
DC
SEPTEMBER 3, 2003
"Terrorism:
First Responders "
PANEL I
The Honorable Chris Cox, U.S. Congressman
The
Honorable Jim Turner, U.S. Congressman
PANEL II
The Honorable Warren Rudman, Chair, Independent Task Force on
Emergency Responders
Richard Clarke (pdf,
13K), Senior Adviser, Independent Task Force on Emergency Responders
Dr. Paul Posner
(pdf, 355K), Managing Director of Strategic Issues for the U.S.
General Accounting Office
JUNE 26, 2003
“Terrorism:
Growing Wahhabi Influence in the United States”
PANEL I
David
Aufhauser (pdf, 170K), General Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department,
Washington, D.C.
Larry A.
Mefford (pdf, 23K), Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.
PANELII
Dr.
Alex Alexiev (pdf, 39K), Distinguished Fellow, Center for
Security Policy, Washington, D.C.
Stephen
Schwartz (pdf, 67K), Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense
of Democracies, Washington, D.C.
MAY 20, 2003
"Narco-Terrorism: International Drug Trafficking and Terrorism
– A Dangerous Mix "
Senate Judiciary Committee
Full Committee
TESTIMONY
Mr.
Steven W. Castell, Assistant Administrator for Intelligence,
Drug Enforcement Administration
Mr.
Steve McCraw, Assistant Director, Office for Intelligence,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ms.
Deborah A. McCarthy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State,
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs,
Department of State
Mr.
John P. Clark, Interim Director, Office of Investigations,
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland
Security
Mr.
Raphael Perl, Specialist in International Affairs, Congressional
Research Service, Library of Congress
MARCH 12, 2003
"Border Technology: Keeping Terrorists Out
of the United States – 2003"
PANEL I
The
Honorable Asa Hutchinson (pdf, 31K)
Undersecretary for Border and Transportation
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC
Accompanied
by:
Robert Mocny, Director of Entry-Exit Program, Bureau of Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, Washington, DC and
Woody Hall, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information &
Technology, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington,
DC
PANEL II
Nancy Kingsbury
(pdf, 181K)
Managing Director of Applied Research and Methods
U.S. General Accounting Office
Washington, DC
Accompanied
by:
Richard Stana
Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Washington, DC
Stephen
E. Flynn (pdf, 27K)
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies,
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY
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