A telco executive is slated to testify on surveillance...
A telco executive is slated to testify on surveillance Thursday. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s open hearing on surveillance overhaul will look at the version of the USA Freedom Act (HR-3361) that the House passed last month, committee leaders said Tuesday.…
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Two panels of witnesses are planned -- first, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano, NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett and Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Stephanie O'Sullivan; second, former national security official Stewart Baker, Center for Democracy & Technology Senior Counsel Harley Geiger, Information Technology Industry Council CEO Dean Garfield and Verizon Assistant General Counsel Michael Woods. Garfield “will focus on how the technology sector has been impacted by the NSA revelations, and how enacting meaningful surveillance reform is a critical step forward in restoring public trust in the U.S. technology industry and the U.S. government,” ITI said in a media advisory Wednesday. The hearing is at 2:30 p.m. in 216 Hart.