Senate Judiciary Committee Agenda

Feb 9, 2009

Georgetown University | Department of Government

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy talked about the committee's agenda. In his remarks he spoke about detainee interrogations, U.S. detention facilities, and hiring practices of the Justice Department. He also answered questions from the audience. The talk was titled "Restoring Trust in the Justice System: The Senate .. Read More
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy talked about the committee's agenda. In his remarks he spoke about detainee interrogations, U.S. detention facilities, and hiring practices of the Justice Department. He also answered questions from the audience. The talk was titled "Restoring Trust in the Justice System: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Agenda In The 111th Congress."

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:30 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO GEORGETOWN. I AM THE PROVOST OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY...
00:03:26 Unidentified Speaker ROBUST, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. IT IS A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE BACK HERE AT GEORGETOWN, HAVING...
00:12:31 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I PROMISED I WOULD NOT SEEING ANY GRATEFUL DEAD SONGS EVEN THOUGH I DO KNOW THE WORDS TO...
00:34:17 Unidentified Speaker I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE SENATOR HAS BEEN GOOD ENOUGH TO ANSWER SOME...
00:34:55 Unidentified Speaker SHOULD IT BE LIMITED IN SCOPE, LIKE TO DETAINEES.
00:35:04 Unidentified Speaker I PREFER A MORE COMPREHENSIVE ONE. WE HAD THE FIRING OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S AND IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS...
00:35:44 Unidentified Speaker CENTER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THERE HAVE BEEN STORIES IN RECENT WEEKS ABOUT BUSH APPOINTEES THAT...
00:36:11 Unidentified Speaker IT IS NOT PRESIDENT OF AN OUTGOING ADMINISTRATIONS -- I'VE SEEN THAT OVER AND OVER. I THINK IT IS...
00:37:46 Unidentified Speaker DESPITE ALL OF THE ISSUES WE DEAL WITH, I THINK IT IS REMARKABLE THAT YOUR GROUND ENOUGH TO FIND TIME...
00:38:11 Unidentified Speaker I WAS SORT OF PREPARING FOR SOME QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE ASKED. HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THE MOVIE THE DARK...
00:39:40 Unidentified Speaker IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT IS THE MOST FEASIBLE, A LEGAL OPTION HOW TO DEAL WITH THE DETAINEES FROM GUANTANAMO...
00:39:51 Unidentified Speaker IT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS DIFFICULT. I'VE BEEN WORKING I'VE THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL AND WE HAVE BEEN...
00:40:54 Unidentified Speaker I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT CAMEO.
00:40:57 Unidentified Speaker SO DOES THE LIBRARY.
00:41:02 Unidentified Speaker REGARDING THE SUPREME COURT NOMINATION, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICE O'CONNOR AND THE...
00:41:29 Unidentified Speaker I PRAY FOR JUSTICE GINSBERG AND HER COMPLETE RECOVERY. NEVER BEFORE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE GONE...
00:42:51 Unidentified Speaker IT IS MY IMPRESSION THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS THE...
00:43:09 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS THERE WAS NOT ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT. I ONCE TOLD PRESIDENT BUSH THIS, THAT ONE...
00:44:08 Unidentified Speaker I WAS WARNING IF YOU COULD SPEAK ABOUT THEM IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUR PROPOSED COMMISSION.
00:44:22 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE I HAVE MENTIONED THIS. I WANTED TO FIND A PLACE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. I HAVE...
00:46:19 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH WATERBOARDING AND THE SCANDAL THAT...
00:46:58 Unidentified Speaker EXCELLENT QUESTION. IF WE HAVE THIS TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION AND WE DO IT RIGHT, YOU CAN GET THAT....
00:48:23 Unidentified Speaker HERE AT GEORGETOWN, WE REALLY VALUED THE INTERACTION OF IDEAS, VALUES AND POLICIES, AND WE WANT TO...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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