. >> our next speaker is michael from the american civil liberties union. >> thank you. i and the legislative chief of staff and pairs of men a counsel for the american civil liberties union. -- and a member of the council for the american civil liberties union. thank you for inviting us. the american civil liberties union supports their right of individuals under the u.s. constitution and bill of rights to speak and associate free of government hindrance and be treated fairly without discrimination. we support peter king's right to voice his opinions and no matter how well informed baby. professional and careers like legislation must not intend on first amendment rights, rights to speak freely and associate freely. targeting the american muslim community for an alleged and erroneous connection to demand action -- to domestic terrorism. this is what america sometimes does when faced with crisis and fear. john adams sought and got the alien act. thousands were arrested for anti-war abuse during the world war roman one era. the japanese americans were tossed into internment

. >> our next speaker is michael from the american civil liberties union. >> thank you. i and the legislative chief of staff and pairs of men a counsel for the american civil liberties union. -- and a member of the council for the american civil liberties union. thank you for inviting us. the american civil liberties union supports their right of individuals under the u.s. constitution and bill of rights to speak and associate free of government hindrance and be treated fairly without discrimination. we support peter king's right to voice his opinions and no matter how well informed baby. -- no matter how ill informed they may be. professional and careers like legislation must not intend on to speak freely and associate freely. targeting the american muslim community for an alleged and erroneous connection to demand action -- to domestic terrorism. this is what america sometimes does when faced with crisis and fear. john adams sought and got the alien act. thousands were arrested for anti-war abuse during the world war roman one era. the japanese americans were tossed int

. >> i am john crew from the american civil liberties union of california. i will be happy to answer questions. this is an important topic. if we run out of time, i am happy to provide information later. i served as the police practices project director for 15 years. i served on the task force appointed by the police commission to draft san francisco intelligence policies. it is important for you to understand how it came about. it came about because the human rights commission held a similar hearing 20 years ago about similar issues. the board of supervisors endorsed it. the police. attention. they formed a task force that included a self -- myself and top levels of the police reported. we sat down and rewrote the sfpd policies. we are proud of the effort. it has served san francisco well for 20 years. chief casey sat in on the meetings with us. he asked why they were endorsing the changes because it put restrictions on intelligence. he said, we are a local police department. we are not the cia. that is still the case today. we need transparency. we've had

conversation on policy and regulations, then in 30 minutes on c-span2, officials from the american civil liberties union and microsoft testify about online consumer privacy. after that, writer and actor, harry shearer on hurricane a katrina, and then liter, a discussion on the muslim brotherhood in egypt. >> the communicators is on location at the 7th annual state of the net conference spoon tored by the internet caucus of congress. joining us now is dr. william laer where he's a researcher on the internet futures program. first of all, what is the communication futures program? >> communications future program is an attempt to look across the value chain of the internet, so from equipment providers to service providers to application providers, and not just in the u.s., but internationally. we work together, several schools at mit with industry partners, internationally and domestically on issues confronting the internet and ideas to technology aware business strategy and business strategy aware in technology and bridge that gap. >> what are you thinking about most these days? >> well, with the interne

commission chairman jon leibowitz along with representatives from the computer industry and the american civil liberties union. see this tonight at 8:30 eastern, 5:30 pacific. >> tonight on c-span, marking the eighth anniversary of the department of homeland security with former secretaries tom ridge and michael chertoff and current secretary janet napolitano. they discuss the nature of threats facing the country, the structure of the agency and what they miss most about the job. >> people have asked me do i miss being secretary, and to a certain extent i say, yes, i miss working with the people and their hard work, particularly in the early months and years. it was very tense but an exciting time, and when you're around good people, it's a great cause associated with it. i miss not knowing. e mean, not that everything we read every morning, michael or janet, was something you'd want to run home and talk to the family and kids about, but you do miss not knowing. >> former secretaries discuss the department of homeland security tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> "the communicators" is on location at the s

thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the american civil liberties union. e support comprehensive protection for americans' personal information, including a do not track mechanism. one of a do not track mechanism. one of the new models of advertising is to target ads at the specific individual to make as more relevant. the result is a system where americans are routinely tracked as they surf the internet. americans assume there is no central record of what they do and where they go on line, but in many instances, it's no longer the case. behavioral marketers and several works are creating profiles of unprecedented depth and breadth that reveal a personal aspects of our lives, including religious and political beliefs, medical records, and reading habits. these can be shared with anyone, including offline employers and the government. this is neither deny nor anonymous. it identifies our sexual health, sexual orientation, or issues with weight. they may indicate vulnerabilities. a 92-year-old veteran was bilked out of $92,000 who identified him from marketin

thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the american civil liberties union. e support comprehensive protection for americans' personal information including a do not track mechanism. one of the new models of internet advertising has been to target ads adds a specific individual in order to make them more relevant. the result has been a system where americans are routinely tracked as they surf the internet. americans assume this is no central record of what they do and where they go on line. however, in many instances that is no longer the case. behavioral marketers, social networks and other on-line companies are creating the profiles of unprecedented depth and breadth that have the personal aspect of our lives including religious and political beliefs, medical information, purchases and reading habits. these profiles can legally be shared with anyone including offline companies, employers and the government. this data collection is neither benign or anonymous. individual profiles identify our mental health, sexual orientation or issues with wheat. they may in

thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the american civil liberties union. e support comprehensive protection for americans' personal information including a do not track mechanism. one of the new models of internet advertising has been to target ads adds a specific individual in order to make them more relevant. the result has been a system where americans are routinely tracked as they surf the internet. americans assume this is no central record of what they do and where they go on line. however, in many instances that is no longer the case. behavioral marketers, social networks and other on-line companies are creating the profiles of unprecedented depth and breadth that have the personal aspect of our lives including religious and political beliefs, medical information, purchases and reading habits. these profiles can legally be shared with anyone including offline companies, employers and the government. this data collection is neither benign or anonymous. individual profiles identify our mental health, sexual orientation or issues with wheat. they may in

include the head of the federal trade commission and officials from microsoft, intuit and the american civil liberties union. that's live -- actually, that is at 8:30 eastern right here on c-span2 tonight. >> beginning april 1st and throughout the month, we'll feature the top winners of this year's c-span student cam competition. nearly 1500 middle and high school students submitted documentaries on the theme "washington, d.c. through my lens," focusing on an event, issue or topic that better helped them understand the role of the federal government. watch the winning videos on c-span, and meet the students who created them. stream all the winning videos anytime online at student cam.org. >> japan's ambassador to the u.s. spoke friday about the nuclear crisis and recent natural disasters in the his country at a brookings institution forum here in washington. following his remarks, several brookings scholars discussed the ambassador's remarks and be look at what the disasters mean for the future of the japanese economy and society. thisthis is about an hour, 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody, i'd like

participants include head of federal trade commission, officials from microsoft, intuit and the american civil liberties union . . >> it's not worth doing what you're doing if there's a cause associated with it. and it's not knowing. not everything we read every morning or something you would want to run home to talk to the family and kids about. but you do mention -- >> secretary's tom ridge, michael chertoff and janet napolitano discuss the department of homeland security tonight at 8:00 pm eastern on c-span. >> this week marks the first anniversary of the health care law. and today the cato institute is hosting a conference on the law's impact. participants plan to discuss how the law has changed the u.s. health care system, the federal budget and the economy as well as the legal challenges to the law and whether the supreme court will accept any of the cases. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and we're here at the cato institute live waiting for the rest of the panelists here as the group marks the one-year anniversary of the health

the group interaction. third will be ashkan soltani, said it will be barbara lawler, for intuit and last but not least will be chris calabrese from american council for the civil liberties union so as we are getting set up here, and policy, water is getting poured and the charts are getting established just one moment and we will go ahead and call on mr. andersen whenever we are ready. so, mr. andersen, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman and honorable members of the committee, my name is erich andersen with microsoft windows division. finton for inviting me to testify today about the state of online privacy. we applaud the leadership the committee has shown on this issue. i also want to endorse assistant secretary strickling's call for federal privacy legislation. legislation can be an important component of a multi prong approach to privacy but also includes technology, tools, industry initiatives and consumer education. at microsoft, consumer trust is vital to our business and privacy is a critical component to running and maintaining that trust. and all of our service offerings we strive to be transparent about our privacy practices, offer meaningful privac