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Hearing to examine whether the Congress & the President share constitutional authority over the regulation of classified information. The Administration has asserted that the President has ultimate & unimpeded authority over the collection, retention & dissemination of national security information, but Congress disagrees & has legislated extensively in this area. Witnesses: Louis Fisher, Senior Specialist (Separation of Powers), Congressional Research Service; Peter Raven-Hansen, Glen Earl Weston Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School; & Senators Carl Levin, Pat Roberts, & Richard Shelby.