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LETTERS AND TESTIMONY: Anti-Terrorism and the Preservation of Due Process

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111^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
10-22-09	Senate	Letter urging the Senate to oppose the Graham Amendment (Amdt. No. 2669) to H.R. 2847.
07-20-09	Senate	Letter urging revisions to MCA in DoD Authorization
06-23-09	House	Letter requesting hearings on proposals to revise the Military Commissions Act
06-23-09	Senate	Letter requesting hearings on proposals to revise the Military Commissions Act
01-05-09	House	Letter requesting a joint hearing on DHS Waiving of Laws Protecting Indian Rights
01-04-09	Senate	Letter supporting H.R. 11, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

110^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
02-27-08	President	Letter urging Fair trial procedures for Guantanamo Detainees
02-13-08	Senate	Letter supporting Uniform Interrogation Standards
11-14-07	House	Letter supporting the passage of the American Anti-Torture Act
10-16-07	Senate	Letter supporting the reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs)
10-12-07	Senate	Letter regarding potential amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Select Committee on Intelligence)
09-18-07	Senate	Letter supporting S.A. 2022, the Specter-Leahy Amendment, to restore habeas corpus for "enemy combatants" in U.S. custody
07-25-07	House	Letter supporting H.R. 2826, restoring habeas corpus jurisdiction to the federal courts (Committee on Armed Services)
06-06-07	Senate	Letter supporting S. 185, the "Habeas Corpus Restoration Act." (Committee on the Judiciary)
04-24-07	House	Written statement advocating the permanent or long-term reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises)
04-04-07	House	Letter commenting on military commissions (Committee on Armed Services)
04-04-07	Senate	Letter commenting on military commissions (Committee on Armed Services)
01-31-07	House	Written statement regarding Presidential Signing Statements (Committee on the Judiciary)
01-17-07	House Senate	Letter regarding Presidential Signing Statements (to Congressional Leadership)

109^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
10-20-06	DOD	Letter regarding a draft manual for military commissions (Office of Military Commissions, Department of Defense)
09-27-06	Senate	Letter commenting on military commissions and those in U.S. custody
09-19-06	House	Letter commenting on military commissions and those in U.S. custody
09-06-06	Senate	Letter commenting on FISA and the electronic surveillance legislation, S. 2453 (Committee on the Judiciary)
07-19-06	House	Written statement on the modernization of FISA (Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)
07-11-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the Hamdan decision regarding military commissions and the attorney-client privilege (Committee on Armed Services)
07-11-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the Hamdan decision regarding military commissions and the attorney-client privilege (Committee on the Judiciary)
07-11-06	House	Letter commenting on the Hamdan decision regarding military commissions and the attorney-client privilege (Committee on Armed Services)
06-19-06	House	Letter commenting on H.R. 5371, the LISTEN Act (Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Committee on the Judiciary)
06-08-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the use of warrantless electronic surveillance (Committee on the Judiciary)
05-23-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the use of warrantless electronic surveillance (Committee on the Judiciary)
05-09-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the use of warrantless electronic surveillance (Committee on the Judiciary)
03-23-06	House	Letter noting ABA task force recommendations on the domestic electronic surveillance program
03-23-06	Senate	Letter noting ABA task force recommendations on domestic electronic surveillance
03-01-06	Senate	Letter noting ABA policy on domestic electronic surveillance (Committee on the Judiciary)
02-13-06	President	Letter commenting on the domestic electronic surveillance program
02-13-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the domestic electronic surveillance program (Committee on the Judiciary)
02-13-06	House	Letter commenting on the domestic electronic surveillance program (Committee on the Judiciary)
02-13-06	House	Letter commenting on the domestic electronic surveillance program (Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)
02-13-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the domestic electronic surveillance program (Select Committee on Intelligence)
12-07-05	Conferees	Letter commenting on torture and habeas corpus for military detainees
11-14-05	Senate	Letter commenting on the Graham amendment to S. 1042, the Department of Defense authorization bill
11-09-05	Conferees	Letter commenting on the reauthorization of H.R. 3199, the PATRIOT Act
11-08-05	Senate	Letter commenting on proposed amendments to S. 1042, the Department of Defense Authorization Bill
02-23-05	House	Letter commenting on H.R. 952, The Torture, Outsourcing Prevention Act
02-01-05	President	Letter commenting on the treatment of detainees in U.S. military custody