Sen. Ron Wyden: FISA and surveillance = Listen + airing tonight on OPB
LISTEN here:
http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/summer-recess-conversation-ron-wyden/
From:
Think Out Loud
Summer Recess Conversation: Ron Wyden
AIR DATE: Thursday, August 22nd 2013
After 32 years in Congress — first as a representative, then a senator — Ron Wyden is enjoying the highest public profile he's probably ever had.
His rise to chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this year was already a boost in stature, but his prominence ballooned even further when Edward Snowden disclosed NSA surveillance practices. As a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Wyden had been warning of the surveillance tactics of the U.S. government for years, but the issue wasn't as important to Congress and Americans until the Snowden leaks.
Wyden has continued to express skepticism and concern over the Obama administration's statements regarding the NSA disclosures. ...
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From Facebook via Rep. Earl Blumenauer:
I enjoyed the discussion today with Senator Ron Wyden and City Club of Portland on the urgent need to rein in the NSA. Listen to the rebroadcast tonight 7:00 on Oregon Public Broadcasting- OPB.
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