Protesters Interrupt Spying Hearing
Sign-toting protesters interrupted the House Judiciary Committee's government surveillance hearing on Tuesday, eliciting an angry response by Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich. The panel heard testimony from National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein.
Conyers called activists' disturbances "counterproductive" and threatened to clear the room unless they stopped disrupting his proceedings. "We're working under a very serious time restraint. I have 30 members who want questions answered," Conyers said. "I'm not in a mood to tolerate this. This is not a place for demonstrations rallies or protests."
Read more about this hearing -- and a similar one being held concurrently by the House Intelligence Committee -- in Technology Daily's PM Edition.
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