Jeff Merkley

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Name: Jeff Merkley

First reported 21 mins ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 1 reports

West Virginia Democrat Signs On As The 52nd Sponsor Of The Employment Non-Discrimination Act

51st co-sponsor of ENDA. With the bill’s original sponsor Jeff Merkley (D-OR), that leaves just four Democrats in the senate who have yet to embrace one of the most crucial pieces of legislation aimed at protecting the country’s LGBT community from discrimination ... [Published Big News Network - 21 mins ago]

Entities: Jeff Merkley, LGBT

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Mark Udall

Show link to terror or don’t snoop, senator says

Sen. Mark UdallDean HumphreySen. Mark UdallFederal spy agencies would have to demonstrate a connection between Americans and terrorism before gathering data on those Americans’ electronic communications, under legislation introduced Tuesday by U.S. Sen ... [Published Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Mark Udall, Patriot Act, Terrorism

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Oregon

Wyden, Merkley Applaud Step Forward for Secure Rural Schools Extension, Oregon Treasures

Washington, D.C. – Oregon Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today applauded the passage of legislation through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that would expand wild and scenic river and wilderness protections for ... [Published U.S. Senate Energy Committee - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Oregon, Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, Treasures

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

US National Security Agency

Sources: Obama could release secret NSA court order

NPR is reporting that sources have told them that President Obama is considering declassifying the court order that gives the National Security Agency the authority to collect the phone record information of millions of American citizens.The document, ... [Published Daily Kos - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Court Order, US National Security Agency, Barack Obama

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Harry Reid

Since when do liberals support Big Brother?

President Obama, who as a Democratic senator accused the Bush administration of violating civil liberties in the name of security, now vigorously defends his own administrationâs collection of Americansâ phone records and Internet activities.Senate Democratic ... [Published Register-Guard - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Harry Reid, Big Brother, John Conyers, Jeff Merkley

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 2 reports

Surprised by government surveillance -- one more time

In Ron Wyden's Thursday conference call on the new revelations about the National Security Agency's information collecting, three words stood out."There really aren't."The three words were an answer to the question: Are there any real limits to what the ... [Published Oregonian - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Surveillance, Patriot Act, Jeff Merkley

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 5 reports

A new balance toward liberty

WASHINGTON--The hardest thing in an argument is to acknowledge competing truths. We know that our government will continue with large-scale surveillance programs to prevent future terrorist attacks. We also know that such programs have operated up to ... [Published The Japan News - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Jeff Merkley, Declassify, Dean Heller, Surveillance

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 11 reports

Senators challenge NSA's claim to have foiled 'dozens' of terror attacks

Mark Udall and Ron Wyden â critics of NSA's surveillance â say they want proof that programs have disrupted plots against US Two prominent Senate critics of the NSA's dragnet surveillance have challenged the agency's assertion that the .Mark Udall and ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: US National Security Agency, Ron Wyden, Mark Udall

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Merkley's up and down day on government surveillance controversy

Sen. Jeff Merkley made headlines Wednesday when he brandished his cell phone at the head of the National Security Agency and asked him what gave him the right to capture his personal phone data.At the same time the Oregon Democrat also was the target ... [Published Oregonian - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Jeff Merkley, Surveillance, US National Security Agency, Ron Wyden, BuzzFeed

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Dem Senator Merkley Waves Verizon Phone At NSA Chief, Demands To Know Why Data Was Seized

By Susan Duclos Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) waves his Verizon phone, while questioning National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander, and demanded to know what "gave you the grounds for acquiring my cell phone data?"Video at The Hill , who describes ... [Published Wake up America - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Jeff Merkley, US National Security Agency, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 6 reports

NSA chief to face tough questioning in Congress

* Lawmakers and civil liberties groups demand increased transparency of surveillance activities WASHINGTON: The head of the National Security Agency will face tough questions from US lawmakers Wednesday in his first public appearance since explosive leaks ... [Published Daily Times - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: US National Security Agency, Surveillance, Alexanders, US Cyber Command

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 6 reports

Sen. Jeff Merkley Wants To Make The NSA More Transparent

The NSA has become the talk of the town in Washington after The Guardian l eaked a number of documents revealing the extent of the agency’s spy programs . President Obama and a number of senators have voiced their support for the program, but others are ... [Published WebProNews - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: US National Security Agency, Jeff Merkley, Declassify, courts

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