As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was a federal prosecutor when we exercised powers under the Patriot Act or under the FISA court.
When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.
In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself.
I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant.
And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee.
And I have been campaigning for the past three months trying to get the Senate Judiciary Committee that has the oversight authority and responsibility to start its own public hearings.
I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.
I answered their questions truthfully and honestly, but I would prefer not to say more. I assume the information was routed back and that is why I was not called to testify.
And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.