ben wizner has been a staff attorney at the aclu since 2001, specializing in national security human rights and first amendment issues. u.s levigate several civil liberties cases in which the government in-- in both states the chris provision including the cia detchon detention and torture of an innocent german citizen. mohammed rafiq jepsen iysoo against the private aviation services committee for facilitating the cia rendition to torture of five muslim men and edmonds versus the department judgement whistle-blower suit and the behalf of the fbi translator pfeiffer reporting serious misconduct. mr. west was a law clerk to the honorable stephen reinhardt of the court of appeals for the ninth circuit. is a graduate of harvard college in new york university's school of law and i must say i have the funds for the new york university of lawson's my son is currently a student. i am pleased to welcome all of you. it is no mullite-- each of your reinstatements abed made part of the record in its entirety and i would ask you summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. there is a timing