. >> to become a government similar to the islamic public of iran says congressman frank wolf.pt's coptic christians say that would not be good for them. it would not be good for united states, for the western civilization. >> i think the coptic christians would be in a difficult spot. much more difficult than if the muslim brotherhood than with hosni mubarak. >> in the first few days of hosni mubarak, they faysed more than 60 attacks. >> christians are waiting for a thorough investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the bombing last new year's day, 23 people killed, 97 injuried. congressman wolf says it is time the united states become an advocate for them. >> there should be pressure on the administration to stand out with the persecuted and coptic christians are the leading point of the spear. if egypt trends the other way, the impact it will have. >> middle east expert wallid fairs -->> secretary of state announced they would begin arguing with the muslim brotherhood. >> they should be the partners of the west knowing very well their final goal is to establish

we are joined by congressman frank wolf, the chairman of the appropriations committee that deals with the justice department and we are also joined by the chairman of the constitution subcommittee for the judiciary committee, congressman trent franks of arizona was also the chairman of the religious freedom caucus here in the house. and i would like to yield if we would like to mr. wolf if he has any comments having just been in egypt. >> well, i really don't have [inaudible] to read the testimony [inaudible] coptic christians have been treated very poorly in egypt, and i know whatever the congress does [inaudible] with regard to any of the support coptic christians by anyone else as long as [inaudible] devine looked to looking reading your testimony. >> chairman wolf, thank you. chairman frank? >> i would just echo chairman wolf's perspective as well as you're own. always great to see you come chairman smith because of your lifelong commitment that so often times we are thankful in this country for our constitutional rights and when we consider protecting the lives and constitution s

as i said earlier, when it comes to coptic christians, frank wolf, joe pitts, they work it every singleay. and so i want to thank -- and let me just say one brief comment of what chairman wolf said earlier. i had met myself with mubarak in cairo, and every year he would come at least once a year to the united states. and whenever we -- and i wasn't the only one -- would raise with great documentation human rights abuses against coptic christians, he would lean back and say talk to boutros galley who was, i guess, at least a nominal coptic christian. and i said, no, we're talking to you, mr. president, but we would still be diverted to boutros galely who would take the information and say everything is just fine. so we know, clearly, that was not true, but it seem to be getting significantly better. i have just a couple final questions and then any final comments our distinguished witnesses would like to make, please, do. how should we be pressing saudi arabia or others on what you've cited in your testimony as the financial and philosophical support for this horrific and be barbaric pra

and republican congressman frank wolf claims he was misled about the status of detainee transfers touring an april 2009 meeting that, in fact, decisions had already been made. but mr. olson, as head of that task force, chose only to discuss the process and not the decisions. republican senator saxby chambliss laid out the concerns including accusations that the white house intended to transfer detainees to the u.s. in a secretive way. >> it was to be a stealth move. they were going to show up here, and we were going to announce it, said one senior official, describing the swift, secret i operation -- secretive operation that was designed by the administration to preempt any political outcry that could prevent the transfer. >> reporter: in response, olson admitted the decision on the transfer of two detainees had been made by april 14, 2009, and that when he met with the republican congressman eight days later, he was not told about those decisions. olson claims he did not have the authority to disclose that information. >> i do understand his frustration. i don't, i did not mislead,

chairman of the subcommittee on justice for the appropriations committee, the author of h.r. 440, frank wolf. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. . mr. wolf: i want to thank chairman ros-lehtinen for her support and mr. berman for his support and mr. smith for his help. i also want to thank some key staff members whose hard work and efforts on the bill have not gone unnoticed. elise, yolan, steve, and kyle. with the majority leader's office. they have been very, very helpful. i am grateful for their help. this past january in the wake of increasing violence targeted tax and heightened discrimination against scrin and other religious minorities in iraq and egypt and perfect missing concerns in afghanistan and pakistan among other nations. i introduced bipartisan legislation, h.r. 440, which would consider the administration to appoint a special enjoy to advocate for religion minorities in the middle east and south central asia in order to make this issue a foreign policy priority. since the introduction this slayings has garnered widespread

. >> you had congressman peter king and also congressman frank wolf thatted the bureau of prisons tomons because they could radicalize prisoners and basically foment prison in our prison system because many of these sermons are available they could be in print. they could be on video. now we don't know. >> bill: aren't they on facebook and union? stuff like that that's how the prisoners get them. >> actually, they are within the prisons, i believe. certainly have access to them. we don't know -- these clips are from the actual sermons. some of the sermons are titled bible truth or altered by the white man, which one will you choose in the flag of islam or the flag of america? >> bill: seems to me that the bureau of prisons can flag people that they think are fomenting unrest and that might be the way to do this. it is a dicey constitutional issue though. >> absolutely. >> bill: dagen, thanks so much as always. niles to see you. pinheads and patriots on deck. literally on deck. major league baseball embarrassed. wait until you see this. coming right back. turn left. you have arrived.

frank wolf claimed he was mislead about the status of detainee transfers to the u.s.of 2009 meeting with olson. republican saxby chambliss read from the congressman's letter. >> i inquired about the status of the potential transfer of uighur detainees to the united states. mr. olson indicated that a decision had not yet been reached on the transfer of the detainees. >> i do understand his frustration. i did not mislead. >> and senator feinstein who leads that committee, shep, wants the confirmation process through by august 2nd. the full-timing is not guaranteed. members are getting an opportunity to submit more questions for olson, shep. >> shepard: before we go, catherine, gitmo came up today. >> it did. critics of gift mow, including the white house, say the detention camps are recruiting terrorists. the president's own nominee said there was no evidence to support that claim. >> i have not seen from, again, my perspective both on the task force and much more limited perspective in my current role the national security agency anything in specification response to y

congressman frank wolf of virginia who has expressed similar concerns about the transfer decisions in a letter to the kennedy and some of the interactions he had with you regarding the potential transfer of uighurs into the united states. i am concerned a member of congress thinks that he has been misled. so i think it would be helpful if you explain your interactions with congressman wolf, and you and i talked about this and i want to give you the full opportunity to do that this morning. i urge you to be as forthcoming and direct about this including information provided to or with the help from congress on this issue. ironically in your new position, one of your jobs will be tracking former detainees who have read engaged, including some recommended for transfer by the task force. i urge you to take a fresh look at any intelligence on gitmo detainee's. given the threat from aqap and a recidivism rate right now over 26%, we are in no position to let any more dangerous detainee's go. unfortunately, the drive to close gitmo has had the immediate and the negative impact of leaving us w

congressman frank wolf of virginia who has expressed similar concerns about the transfer decisions in a letter to the kennedy and some of the interactions he had with you regarding the potential transfer of uighurs into the united states. i am concerned a member of congress thinks that he has been misled. so i think it would be helpful if you explain your interactions with congressman wolf, and you and i talked about this and i want to give you the full opportunity to do that this morning. i urge you to be as forthcoming and direct about this including information provided to or with the help from congress on this issue. ironically in your new position, one of your jobs will be tracking former detainees who have read engaged, including some recommended for transfer by the task force. i urge you to take a fresh look at any intelligence on gitmo detainee's. given the threat from aqap and a recidivism rate right now over 26%, we are in no position to let any more dangerous detainee's go. unfortunately, the drive to close gitmo has had the immediate and the negative impact of leaving us w

the leadership in the house have made it very clear frank wolf of virginia says he is for higher tax taxes. he said i'd never raise taxes but i won't agree. at the end of the day, senator coburn promised he would not vote to raise their taxes. it was an unfortunate incident he believed he could raise taxes and make it work. host: republican from riverside, california. caller: i don't know if you consider part of the religious rig right. you know it says if we take the mark of the beast, we won't be able to go to he haven. i admonish everyone to keep their priorities straight. guest: people who raise taxes may be able to get into heaven, i just don't think they should be in office. get republicans to calm in on the republican line. i've had three democrats calling in on the republican line. participate guys. get on the phone. use the republican line, not the democratic line. the other team does that. don't you do that. call in and ask questions. it is not about cutting government. look at the plan it is medicate and food stamps. let's reform government so every american can use any li

the leadership in the house have made it very clear frank wolf of virginia says he is for higher tax taxes. he said i'd never raise taxes but i won't agree. at the end of the day, senator coburn promised he would not vote to raise their taxes. it was an unfortunate incident he believed he could raise taxes and make it work. host: republican from riverside, california. caller: i don't know if you consider part of the religious rig right. you know it say if we take the mark of the beast, we won't be able to go to he haven. i admonish everyone to keep their priorities straight. guest: people who raise taxes may b able to get into heaven, i just don't think they should be in office. get republicans to calm in on the republican line. i've had three democrats cling in on the republican line. participate guys. get on the phone. use the republican line, not the democratic line. the other team does that. don't you do that. call in and ask questions. it is not about cutting government. look at the plan it is medicate and food stamps. let's reform government so every american can use any light

the leadership in the house have made it very clear frank wolf of virginia says he isorigher tax taxes. he said i'd never raise taxes but i won't agree. at the end of the day, senator coburn promised he would not vote to raise their taxes. it was an unfortunate incident he believed he could raise taxes and me it work. host: republican from riverside, california. caller: i don't know if you consider part of the religious rig right. you know it says if we take the mark of the beast, we won't be able to go to he haven. i admonish everyone to keep their priorities straight. guest: people who raise taxes may be able to get into heaven, i just don't think they should be in office. get republica to calm in o the republican line. i've had three democrats calling in on the republican line. participate guys. get on the phone. use the republican line, not the democratic line. the other team does that don't you do that. call in and ask questions. it is not about cting government. look at the plan it is medicate and food stamps. let's reform government so every american can use any light bulb they

homegrown terrorists -- the chairman of the homeland security committee has joined with congressman frank wolf in calling for the bureau of prisons to remold the inflammatory written, audio, and video material is produced by the nation of islam and louis farrakhan, and also examine all other islamic materials circulating in their facilities. an update on the fema trailers that set unused after some katrina victims fell sick due to formaldehyde in sight. the travelers are now being put to use. the government is giving the trailers to american indian tribes in rural oklahoma who need affordable housing. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> blackberry users, you can access our programming any time with this is a better radioapp, with four streams of our programming, commercial-free. if you can also listen to our signature -- signature interview programs. download it free. >> now available, c-span's congressional directory. inside, new and returning house and senate members, with contact information, including twitter addresses, district maps, and assignments. and, informatio

this spring frank wolf introduced legislation that would create a special envoy of remote religious freedomrities in the middle east and south central asia. the bill is likely to be on the floor this coming monday. hopefully it will pass. hopefully the senate will take it up easily and get down to the president to have a point person reaching out and working with direct access to the president to work on the worsening place of the christians in the middle east. egypt is a major recipient as we know of the foreign aid, it is a mediterranean partner for cooperation of the organization for the cooperation in europe. i do hope it's government is paying close attention today and that it chooses the path of reform and religious freedom. if it doesn't we should restructure the aid to promote religious freedom much more vigorously and carefully considered designating egypt as a country of particular concern under the international religious freedom act of 1998. i would note parenthetically that the u.s. commission for the freedom has already made that recommendation. so there is a -- this is someth

so those letters along with the two letters from congressman frank wolf and the addendum to those letters will be placed in the record. housekeeping duty if i may come if you would answer the following questions yes or no please. do you agree to appear before the committee here or in other venues when invited? >> yes. >> do you agree to send officials from the nctc and designated staff when in fight? >> yes. >> do you agree to provide documents or other materials requested by the committee in order for them to carry out its oversight and legislative responsibilities? >> yes. >> will do ensure the national counterterrorism center and its officials provide such material to the committee when request? >> yes. >> do you agree to inform and fully briefed to the fullest extent possible all members of this committee of intelligence actions and covert actions rather than only the chairman and vice-chairman? >> yes. >> thank you very much. >> mr. olsen, the ranking member brought up the questions that have been raised by a member of congress. we discussed them in our meeting and in your prepared t