Live Blog II by Lurks a lot

Welcome to the sandbox!  Joining us today will be several guests, with several panel presentations and of course, our perrenial favorites, and the not so perennial favorites, of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Yes, ladies; that means Whitehouse in da hizzouse!  

The hearing is titled
"FISA Amendments: How to Protect Americans’ Security and Privacy and Preserve the Rule of Law and Government Accountability," so I think the panels will be tres interessant...and, of course, it's always wildly entertaining to watch the other side of the aisle contort wildly in defense of all things indefensible.

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The California wildfires are still burning out of control, but some progress is being made.

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The California wildfires are still burning out of control.  Zero containment, with fierce Santa Anna winds as of 11:30am CST on Monday.

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Part II is here.

Part III is here.

Thanks to One Cranky Dom for the heads up in drational's diary on warrantless wiretapping. we'll be Live Blogging the House Judiciary Committee hearing.

The hearing has been postponed until noon, but please do rec this diary.  We still need the anchor regardless of start time.  Thanks!

Hearing Notification
Hearing on Warrantless Surveillance and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: The Role of Checks and Balances in Protecting Americans’ Privacy Rights (Part II)

Witnesses
The Honorable Mike McConnell
Director of National Intelligence
The Honorable Kenneth Wainstein
Assistant Attorney General for National Security United States Department of Justice

Part 2 by Thrasher is here.

Part 3 by Oreo is here.

Part 4 by Ellicatt is here.

Part 5 by Donnamarie is here.

Ok, marathon live blogging today again.  We have two hearings to go through.  The first will be Petraeus/Crocker, then the Iraq Benchmarks.

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Once upon a time there was a General named Petraeus who was placed in charge of a war in a land very far from his home.  It was quite rough, fighting off in this war, and Petraeus missed his family a lot.  

This is going to be a short and sweet diary.  Much like Gonzo's press conference.  I will add links if they become available.                                                                            

Some recent diary entries are speculating that bush will announce Gonzo's replacement.  We shall see.

C-Span will carry it Live at 11:50.

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aaaand...the hearing's over.

Look what blksista found:

Generals Abizaid, Brown and Myers are going to be testifying before Rep. Henry Waxman's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the circumstances--as they understand them--regarding the murder by 'friendly fire' of Corporal Pat Tillman.  

They've had to issue a subpoena for fall guy Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger to appear, but it's unconfirmed as to whether he will show up.

And Rummy will be there, too!  Catch the action on C-Span3here

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Well, today is the day!  The House Judiciary Committee will be handing contempt citations to Miers and Bolten.  Of course they won't be there, but it should prove interesting!

Catch the ation on C-SPAN 3.

At the root of all this, of course, is the DOJ scandal.  If you missed Gonzo's appearance in the Senate yesterday, it's definitely a re-run worth catching!

And now, on to today's show.

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Today's sandbox attraction is...yet more Gonzogate fun!  

The Senate Judiciary committee will once again be taking "testimony" from our OG AG, Alberto Gonzales, regarding the patently corrupt and insidious questionable replacement of several US Attorneys.  This time, though, Leahy  has sent Abu a study guide for the questioning session; i.e., he'll have had plenty of time to research his answers.  "I can't recall" should be well out of the question.  Out of the answer? Anyhoo...it should be plenty amusing to watch him try to spin all of his obfuscations into one coherent yarn.

You can watch the action on C-SPAN 3.

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As we all can't help but notice from the blogads, the debate will be on CNN tonight, 7pm EST.  

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With that, it seems tonight's action needs no further explanation, so let us now proceed to the cat herding.  If anyone wants to help out in the sandbox here by hosting a diary, please hop below the fold and leave a comment to sign up.

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This is now the Mothership Liveblog diary.  Please rec it, and it only.  Go unrec Cedwyn's diary here.

The Senate is currently debating whether or not to bring the Reed-Levin Amendment to the floor for an up or down vote.  The Republicans have been filibustering, the Democrats have been calling for a vote.  The amendment would put forth a beginning withdrawal date from Iraq.

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As this diary never made it to the Rec list, we are going back to the old way. No parent diary, just a series of Live Blog diaries that may or may not clog up the rec list.

Please recommend Agressiveprogressive's Live Blog II diary.

The Senate will be debating H.R. 1585 - The Defense Authorization Bill.

Open thread commentator said cots had been brought it.

Harry Reid vows to go 30 hours for this session.

This is on the fly so we'll be looking for volunteers.  Sorry for the brevity but this was very short notice. - donnamarie

Links:
Defense Authorization Bill

C-Span2

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UPDATE: Harriet Miers will not be attending this hearing.  We are waiting to see if the committee considers contempt charges, or decides on another course of action.

UPDATE 2: The committee is hearing arguments on whether or not to uphold the ruling that Executive Privilege was improperly claimed.

Hearing info:

Hearing started at 10:00 a.m. EDT

Howdy folks!

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What fun we have in the sandbox today - one Sara Taylor, Formerly Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs to the White House, will be grilled by appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a rousing bout of "I can't recall."

Her appearance is sure to be a fascinating one, given that Fielding himself requested she ignore the subpoenas.

"I respectfully request that you inform Ms. Taylor that the president has directed her not to provide this testimony," Fielding wrote in a letter Monday to Neil Eggleston, her lawyer. Eggleston did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The hearing adjourned around 2:20 EDT.

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Gonzogate just keeps going...and going...and going...

Today, we will be treated to another House Judiciary Committee appearance by, to quote Jesselyn Radack, resigned-but-still-there Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty.  In theory, he will be convincing Congress that he did not mislead them in his previous testimony.  You can watch the fun on C-SPAN3.