Important whistleblower hearing - C-span video link

[pberq]

Great opening statements by Rep. Waxman and Dennis Kucinich. Thanks to seemslikeadream and others for their posts on this hearing.

http://www.c-span.org/videoarchives.asp?CatCodePairs=,

click on: "House Hearing on National Security
Whistleblowers"

[Greeby]

1. "rtsp is not a registered protocol"

I get that every time I try to access an archived C-Span program, little help?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. Try this

It takes you to the search page

http://www.c-span.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&BasicQueryText=Whistleblowers&image1.x=28&image1.y=13

[pberq]

5. One solution

Maybe someone else has something easier, but here is what works for me:

1.copy the rtsp link


2. Open Real Player

3. Go to File - Open

4. Paste the link into the Open dialog box.


I hope this helps.

What I've seen of the hearing so far is outstanding. Witnesses include Russell Tice (NSA) and Col. Shaffer (Able Danger)

[kimpossible]

6. You probably need to install a browser plugin

You need to have realplayer, windoze media player, or winamp installed and let it register itself with your browser to handle the protocol.

The c-span help page has a link to the download page for realplayer.

[napi21]

2. Thanks. I caught the very last of this on cspan very early this AM.

but never got the chance to hear opening statements or more than 10 mins of testimony.

[kimpossible]

4. Replaying this afternoon on C-SPAN 3!

Don't miss it!

From today's schedule -

01:16 PM EST
4:50 (est.)
House Committee
National Security Whistleblowers
Government Reform, National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations
Christopher Shays , R-CT
Tom Devine , Government Accountability Project

I caught a little of this in a replay last night, and am very glad for the chance to record the whole thing today. Great stuff. All of the congresscritters seemed honestly disgusted.

Story in the Seattle P-I:

Army Spc. Samuel Provance laid out what he considers to be a pattern of systemic abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. He said his rank was reduced for disobeying orders not to speak about mistreatment he saw at the prison.

Russ Tice, a former NSA analyst, has called attention to possible constitutional abuses and security breaches at NSA. He said he was given psychological evaluations deeming him mentally unstable, and his clearance was revoked. He's now unemployed.

Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer says the Defense Intelligence Agency has made a series of allegations against him since he disclosed information about a program known as Able Danger. He says the program identified four Sept. 11 hijackers before the attack. Government officials have raised doubts about his claims, which are the subject of another hearing Wednesday.

Richard Levernier, a retired Energy Department nuclear security specialist, said he lost his security clearance and effectively his job for giving the media an unclassified report about shortfalls in nuclear security.

And former FBI special agent Michael German said the Justice Department's inspector general found his claims of a botched terrorism investigation in Florida were substantiated. He says he faced retaliatory actions, some of which the inspector general also found.

[kimpossible]

7. Damn! They yanked it from the schedule!

There's a Defense Dept news briefing down for 12:45, and the whistleblower hearing isn't listed any more. I hope they still show it.