Hayden hearing: Did Wife and I hear Correctly.. Close session?

[redirish28]

That is after opening statements.

[MaineDem]

1. I heard the other day that after the open session it'll be closed

I don't have a real problem with that. As long as at least one round is done in the open.

[napi21]

2. Not quite.

They will have the open hearings as scheduled. The first 1/2 hour will air on cspan1, and then switch to cspan3 at 10AM when the House is called to order.

What you heard was Robertson saying that some members said they would not be allowed to ask all their questions because of the sensitive info involved. Rest assured, all members will be permitted to ask any question they wish "in a closed session AFTER this hearing concludes."

[cyberpj]

4. Moving it to cspan3 will keep many viewers away. Not all have 3. nt

[napi21]

9. I know, but cspan has a contract that they will aalways air the House

on cspan1 and the Senate on cspan2 when they are in session. I don't know why most cable companies don't carry cspan3. I watch it on my computer.

[meow2u3]

10. CSPAN 3 is digital

Only digital cable carries C-SPAN 3

[napi21]

11. Ahhhh! I didn't know that! Damn. I hope the prices of the digital

TV's come down FAST! I noticed some darkening in the top corners of my current TV, and I'm thinkin I'm going to have to get a new one in the forseeable future!

[ChiciB1]

12. I Have DISH & We Don't Get C-Span 3

If we do I haven't found it yet.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Look at it this way:

In the closed session, they will REALLY tear his tiny ass up.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Yep. They sure will.

BTW, I have a prospectus here for a bit of land - I know it LOOKS like a swamp...

[SteppingRazor]

5. Perfectly understandable, really...

They're talking to the ex-head of the NSA, who's up for the job of CIA Director. I think it's reasonable that more than a few questions would have to be asked behind closed doors, yeah?

[Minnesota Libra]

6. Part of the hearing will be public but much more will be closed. nt

[kentuck]

8. These "open" hearings are all a facade...

The people are given nothing. The little clique believes themselves in control of information that cannot be shared with anyone else, because they are very important people. So they will discuss between themselves behind "closed" doors and we will never know anything they have discussed. It's a facade of being a democracy.