I'm very curious at the fact that most of the discussion of the questions and answers has been on national security lett...
Congress must reauthorize the expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act before December 31st of this year, and the clock is...
I have long believed that civil liberties and national security need not be in conflict, and I hope to work with my coll...
In 2001, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed with wide bipartisan support.
I fear what would happen if December 31st comes and goes and the three expiring provisions effectively do expire.
Responses of Christine Anne Varney to questions submitted by Senator Feingold
I'm concerned that our massive military presence may be contributing to instability in the region.
no one thinks we should abandon Afghanistan.
I never objected to granting this authority to the FBI. My concern as with a lot of the PATRIOT Act provisions, was that...
I urge you to continue to work closely with State and local law enforcement on these issues.
This obviously leaves me very concerned about how seriously the FBI takes First Amendment issues in the course of its in...
I appreciate that the Justice Department letter this week made public for the first time that the lone-wolf authority ha...
I very much agree with Dr. Nagl, that the development of an indigenous Afghan military force is absolutely necessary if ...
Has the FBI changed its procedures for NSL gag orders to address the constitutional problems identified by this decision...
My primary concern with our current strategy is that our massive military footprint may be breeding militancy in the reg...
That is why I have mentioned the need for a flexible timetable to drawdown our military presence in Afghanistan.
I am asking you today for your commitment to advocate for finding a way to allow some limited information to become publ...
I feel as strongly as anybody in this body and in this country about keeping things secret that have to be kept secret.
