mr. harrington wrote, through the ages noble rhode islanders named their daughters hannah in honor of the ship that long ago what a fledgling love -- fledgling country toward independence and help create the finest nation ever born of man. >> none attracted more conspiracy theories then-president john f. kennedy. ralph nurnberg or discuss the events when kennedy was shot and killed while riding in his motorcade.

mr. harrington wrote in "the providence journal," "through the ages, noble rhode islanders have named their daughter's hannah in honor of the ship that long ago led a fledgling young country towards independence and helped create the finest nation ever born of man." i thank the chair. i yield the floor. announcer: during the civil war in 1863, the union rv believed confederate guerrillas were drawing support from western missouri. in an attempt to cut off supplies, the union army evicted citizens from multiple counties along the kansas border and burned homes. this became known as missouri's burnt district. next an author talks about what happened to the families

mr. harrington wrote, through the ages noble rhode islanders named their daughters hannah in honor of the ship that long ago what a fledgling love -- fledgling country toward independence and help create the finest nation ever born of man. >> none attracted more conspiracy theories then-president john f. kennedy. ralph nurnberg or discuss the events when kennedy was shot and killed while riding in his motorcade. he also talks about the killing of lee harvey oswald and the warren commission, which was organized to investigate the assassination. it's a little over two hours. ralph: lovely thank you all for coming. it is never easy to get here. the metro is not working well today. second i would like to thank the smithsonian associates program. they do such a remarkable job. if you can't find something interesting in that catalog you are dead. there are so many fascinating programs in art and history and science. just on a nice job of putting the programs together. it is always a delight to be here. i am appreciative that c-span3 is filming this. i was able to watch as they had the first seg

mr. jason harrington. he was unable to make it due to illness. he submitted a written testimony and i ask him his consent to enter his testimony as well. i would like to read a couple statistics that describe the difficult mission of a tsa. the tsa is comprised of 46,000 officers and 26% of that is -- and 20% are veterans. tsa screens nearly 2 million passengers each day. nearly 600 million -- nearly 60 million each year. 3 million carry on bags -- the tsa used more than the 700 advanced image technology machines. tsa is responsible for securing 25,000 domestic flights per day. toys hundred outbound international flights per day. it also secures 4 million miles of roadways, railroad tracks bridges and tunnels, 350 maritime ports and pipeline. it is an enormous challenge. we need to recognize that reality and take a look at this problem as one that is a significant challenge and talk about it as honestly as possible. with that i will turn it over to senator carper. senator carper: thank you for your attendance, preparation and your willingness to

mr. harrington's article be added to the record at the end of my remarks.on. mr. whitehouse: lieutenant dudingston refused ship -- whipple's men. the rhode islanders saw their advantage, they outnumbered the british and they swarmed onto the gaspee's deck. shots rang out in the dark. lieutenant dudingston fell wounded in the arm and the thigh. that night, in the waters off warwick, rhode island, the very first blood in the conflict that was to become the american revolution was drawn by american arms. a little bit more than just tea over the side in the boston harbor. as the patriots commandeered the ship brown ordered one of his rhode islanders a physician named john mawney, to tend to dudingston's wounds. mawney was an able doctor and saved the lieutenant. brown and whipple took the captive crew ashore and then they returned to the despised gaspee to rid narragansett bay of her detested presence once and for all. they set her afire. the blaze spread, reaching the ship's charges of gunpowder in the cannons setting off explosions like fireworks. ultimately

mr. jason harrington. he was unable to make it due to illness. written testimony in preparation for this hearing. i ask unanimous consent to put his written testimony in the record as well. i would like to read a couple stats that describe the difficult mission of the tsa. tsa is comprised of 46,000 transportation security officers. 20% of the tsa employees are veterans. that's a good thing. i'd almost like to see that increased. tsa screens nearly 2 million passengers each day. 2 million passengers each day. nearly 660 million every year. that is an enormous challenge and task. tsa screens 1.1 million checked bags, 3 million carry-on bags for explosives and other dangerous items on a daily basis. tsa used more than 700 advanced image technology machines at airports nationwide. tsa is responsible for the security of 25,000 domestic flights per day, 2,500 outbound international flights per day. it also secures 4 million miles of roadways, 140,000 miles of railroad track, 600,000 bridges and tunnels, 350 maritime ports, 2.6 million miles of pipelin

mr. jason harrington who was unable to make it due to illness. he was a transportation security officer from 2007, i ask consent to enter his testimony in the record as well. i would like to read a couple statistics that describe the difficult mission of the tsa. tsa is comprised of 46,000 officers. 20% of the tsa employees are veterans. that's a good thing. i would like to see that increased your tsa screens nearly 2 million passengers. 2 million passengers each day 60 -- 660 million each year. that is enormous challenge and task that screens one point one million checked bags, 3 million carry-on bags for explosive items on a daily basis. tsa use more than 700 advanced imaging machines at airports nationwide. tsa is responsible for security 25,000 domestic flights per day 2500 outgoing international flights per day. it also secures 4 million miles of roadways, when hundred 40 million miles in railroad tracks, bridges and tunnels, 350 maritime ports, and pipelines. it is an enormous challenge. we need to recognize that reality and again, take a l

harrington. >> i find mr. russell is almost correct about the extent of the disagreement that's left in this case. our position is not that we can prevail if we can prove that a defendant believed that his conduct was illegal under some law other than the csa or the analogue act our position is that we can prevail if we can prove that a defendant knowingly distributed a drug and that he believed that his conduct that his distribution of the drug was illegal generally. as justice -- >> my question that i posed to him is really for you. >> would you mind repeating it? >> well i'll try. suppose you have to show -- and i think you do -- that the defendant did know it is an analogue, say, to cocaine. there are two ways you could do that, the first way is you could show that this defendant being a graduate in chemistry knows what the chemical competition of cocaine is, knows what the chemical composition of this other substance is and knows they are the same. you're not going to be able to do that very often. >> rig