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May 20, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 6182
The document is a transcript of proceedings from the United States Senate's Committee on the Judiciary. The transcript is a record of FBI Director Robert Mueller's statement regarding FBI oversight, terrorism and other topics.
Jan. 15, 2010
Interview (Transcript)
Robert S. Mueller, Orrin Hatch, Charles E. Grassley, Arlen Specter, Jeff Sessions, John Cornyn, Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Russell Dana Feingold, Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Frank James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Jan. 06, 2005 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 3549

Questions for Alberto Gonzalez, during his confirmation hearing, including many related to the treatment of detainees

June 01, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Patrick Leahy
Alberto Gonzalez
Alberto R. Gonzales, John D. Ashcroft, Patrick Leahy, George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George J. Tenet
May 12, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 360
Transcript of the testimony of Donald Rumsfeld, Gen. Richard Myers (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), and Larry Lanzillotta (Principal Deputy Secretary of Defense) regarding requests for the 2005 defense budget. Afghanistan, Iraq and ...
Dec. 31, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Ted Stevens, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Richard B. Myers, Lawrence J. Lanzillotta, Daniel Inouye, Peter Schoomaker, Robert C. Byrd, Vernon E. Clark, Harry N. Cordes, John P. Abizaid, Ernest Frederick Hollings, George W. Bush, William Thad Cochran, Patrick Leahy, Eric K. Shinseki, Lawrence B. Lindsey, Nicholas Evan Berg, Pietro Vichi Domenici, Thomas Richard Harkin, Thomas E. White, L. Paul Bremer, David S. C. Chu, Christopher Samuel Bond, Richard J. Durbin, Antonio Taguba, Dianne Feinstein, James R. Helmly, George R. Fay, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Byron Leslie Dorgan, Arlen Specter, Addison Mitchell McConnell, Jr., Richard Craig Shelby, Conrad Ray Burns