Congressional Terrorism-Related Hearings Include Testimony by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Steven Emerson, & Walid Phares (updated)

By Andrew Cochran

The schedule of open terrorism-related hearings this week includes testiomony by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on Tuesday at 10 am ET before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing topic is "Prison Radicalization: Are Terrorist Cells Forming in U.S. Cell Blocks?", one of Daveed's specialties. UPDATE: Steven Emerson and Walid Phares will testify before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday at 1 pm in room 2212 Rayburn House Office Building at a hearing on the topic, "Radicalization; Homeland Security Implications." Here is the full hearing schedule, subject to update:

Senate Committees
September 19, 2006
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Response to Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
Full committee hearing on "Responding To Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: Next Steps."
Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 9:30 a.m. (September 19, 2006)

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Terrorist Cells in U.S. Prisons
Full committee hearing on "Prison Radicalization: Are Terrorist Cells Forming in U.S. Cell Blocks?"
Witnesses: Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president for homeland security and director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University; Gregory Saathoff, executive director of the Critical Incident Analysis Group and associate professor of research and the School on Medicine at the University of Virginia; Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, senior consultant of Gerard Group International and co-chairman of the Counterterrorism Foundation; John Vanyur, assistant director of the Correctional Programs Division at the Federal Bureau of Prisons; Donald Van Duyn, deputy assistant director of the Counterterrorism Analysis Branch, Criminal Division, FBI; and Javed Ali, senior intelligence officer, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Homeland Security Department
Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 10 a.m. (September 19, 2006)

September 21, 2006
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Afganistan Command Transition
Full committee hearing on "From Coalition to ISAF Command in Afghanistan: The Purpose and Impact of the Transition."
Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 9:30 a.m. (September 21, 2006)

House Committees
September 19, 2006
House Government Reform Committee
Combating Terrorism/Lessons from London
National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Subcommittee hearing on "Combating Terrorism: Lessons Learned from London."
Witnesses: TBA
Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. 1 p.m. (September 19, 2006)

September 20, 2006
House Homeland Security Committee
Radicalization and Terrorism Threats
Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee hearing on "Radicalization: Homeland Security Implications."
Witnesses include Steven Emerson
Location: 2212 Rayburn House Office Building. 1 p.m. (September 20, 2006)

House International Relations Committee
Afghanistan Policy Review (Part I)
Full committee hearing on "Afghanistan: Five Years after 9/11, Part I." (Part One)
Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. 10:30 a.m. (September 20, 2006)

House International Relations Committee
Afghanistan Policy Review (Part II)
Full committee hearing on "Afghanistan: Five Years after 9/11, Part II." (Part Two)
Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. 2 p.m. (September 20, 2006)

House International Relations Committee
Anti-Semitism in the Arab World
Middle East and Central Asia Subcommittee briefing on "A New Approach to Fighting Anti-Semitism in the Arab World."
Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. 12 noon (September 20, 2006)

September 21, 2006
House Homeland Security Committee
Local Law Enforcement Preparedness
Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack Subcommittee hearing on "Local Law Enforcement Preparedness."
Location: TBA. 2 p.m. (September 21, 2006)

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