"If the Patriot Act is a response to terrorism, why is it being used for routine criminal investigations? When will the administration make comprehensive disclosures on the use of the Patriot Act? If the Justice Department won't reveal how it is using its existing authorities under the Patriot Act, how can it expect Congress to support its extension or expansion? Why is the Administration supporting expanding the death penalty to more terrorist crimes, when doing so jeopardizes the cooperation of EU and other countries in terrorist investigations? Why hasn't the Justice Department fully implemented the recommendations of the Justice Department Inspector General to prevent the civil liberties violations that occurred post-9/11 from happening again?"

Witnesses include Bob Barr, Former United States Representative, Viet Dinh, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, James Zogby, Arab American Institute, James Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology, Robert Cleary, Proskauer Rose, LLP, Nadine Strossen , President, American Civil Liberties Union, Muzaffar Chishti, Director, Migration Policy Institute at New York University School of Law.

Stay tuned.

We wish Georgetown Law Professor David Cole was on the witness list to counter Viet Dinh.