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Assistant Attorney General David Kris, far right, and Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, second from the right, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.

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  1. Glenn Fine, Inspector General of the US Department of Justice,testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on Patriot Act re-authorization September 23, 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  2. Assistant Attorney General David Kris, far right, and Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, second from the right, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
  3. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
  4. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  5. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  6. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  7. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, talks Associated Press President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley, left, and Meredith Fuchs of the National Security Archive, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on government secrecy.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Jareem Gunter testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. A former college baseball player, Gunter suffered liver damage and was hospitalized after taking a strength building dietary supplement he says contained steroids.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) delivers an opening statement during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) and Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) question witnesses during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Jareem Gunter (C) testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. A former college baseball player, Gunter suffered liver damage and was hospitalized after taking a strength building dietary supplement he says contained steroids.
  12. Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Al Franken, D-MN, attends a hearing on Patriot Act re-authorization September 23, 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  13. Glenn Fine, Inspector General of the US Department of Justice,testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on Patriot Act re-authorization September 23, 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  14. Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., left, listen to Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, before the committee's hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
  15. Assistant Attorney General David Kris, far right, and Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, second from the right, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
  16. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.

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