i want to associate myself withy comments of senator hutcheson and senator murkowski. to meet the tragedy is that ted stevens died before he knew this was a faulty prosecution. that elevates this to a new height. i think this investigation is really important, and i think that actions have to be taken. i just wanted to express that. i wanted to follow-up on senator brown's comment. it is my understanding that there is more oil available in the united states than demand calls for, and as a matter of fact, surplusage being sold outside. i think this would bring to special attention the issue of speculation, and i hope the study you are doing is going to take a good look at the financial marketplace with regard to its ability to impact price in this way. >> as i said, the oil and gas working group we formed last year as part of the president's financial fraud enforcement task force has been meeting. it just happens that they are having a call today at a meeting either tomorrow or on monday. the full committee will be getting together to look at the issues you have raised.

i want to associate myself withy comments of senator hutcheson and senator murkowski.o meet the tragedy is that ted stevens died before he knew this was a faulty prosecution. that elevates this to a new height. i think this investigation is really important, and i think that actions have to be taken. i just wanted to express that. i wanted to follow-up on senator brown's comment. it is my understanding that there is more oil available in the united states than demand calls for, and as a matter of fact, surplusage being sold outside. i think this would bring to special attention the issue of speculation, and i hope the study you are doing is going to take a good look at the financial marketplace with regard to its ability to impact price in this way. >> as i said, the oil and gas working group we formed last year as part of the president's financial fraud enforcement task force has been meeting. it just happens that they are having a call today at a meeting either tomorrow or on monday. the full committee will be getting together to look at the issues you have raised. >

i want to associate myself withy comments of senator hutcheson and senator murkowski. to meet the tragedy is that ted that elevates this to a new height. i think this investigation is really important, and i think that actions have to be taken. i just wanted to express that. i wanted to follow-up on senator brown's comment. it is my understanding that there is more oil available in the united states than demand calls for, and as a matter of fact, surplusage being sold outside. i think this would bring to special attention the issue of speculation, and i hope the study you are doing is going to take a good look at the financial marketplace with regard to its ability to impact price in this way. >> as i said, the oil and gas working group we formed last year as part of the president's financial fraud enforcement task force has been meeting. it just happens that they are having a call today at a meeting either tomorrow or on monday. the full committee will be getting together to look at the issues you have raised. >> thank you. as you know, title 7 of the foreign intellig

senator hutchinson was meant to be next and yields to use the then we will go to schakowsky and hutcheson in that way, okay? >> thank you very much. i wanted to pick up where senator gramm left off and there has been effort of the armed services committee to change the defense authorization bill to essentially put the country's detention policy under the law of the war and under the law of the war an individual can be held without charge or trial till the end of hostilities to appoint me to that america is a battlefield, and i think that is the point some have been trying to make. i'd like to ask your view of this. i am strongly opposed to it. i also know what you said during the world wide threat hearing that the fbi is interrupted or understood some 20 terrorist plots in this country over the past year. you have the high-value interrogation group which you testified to the house committee has done 14 interrogations', and i gather with some success. i would like to ask you to comment on whether you believe that permanently detaining americans without trial or charge is appropriate. >> i