WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
Yesterday I rose to explain my opposition to the nomination of Joshua Rudd to be director of the National Security Agency and to lead U.S. Cyber Command. During his confirmation hearing, General Rudd failed to demonstrate a bare minimum understanding of the constitutional constraints on NSA activities. His responses to questions about privacy rights and transparency were deeply troubling. He would not commit to the NSA's past policy of not purchasing and using extremely sensitive location data on Americans. And he wouldn't rule out secretly violating public policies and guardrails on NSA activities.
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