Thompson to Hold Hearing on DHS Spy Satellite Program
On Thursday, September 9th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, will
hold a full Committee open hearing on the privacy and civil liberties implications of the National Applications Office,
the new office in the Department of Homeland Security charged with civil/domestic intelligence gathering.
Thursday, September 9, 2007 @ 10am, 311 Cannon House Office Building
“Turning Spy Satellites on the Homeland: the Privacy and Civil Liberties Implications of the National Applications
Office.”
Witnesses (partial): Charles Allen, Chief Intelligence Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Hugo Teufel, Chief
Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Dan Sutherland, the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer,
Department of Homeland Security.
There will not be a webcast of this hearing.
ENDS