Ron Wyden

"The reason the hiring authority is important is that there are people who have the skills to ensure that we can actually get out in front of the hackers," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ron Wyden: Sharing no secrets, asking tough questions

Rudy Takala · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

Senator Ron Wyden has also called for the revision of a 2003 opinion issued by the White House Office of Legal Counsel related to "commercial service agreements." (Chris Goodney/Bloomberg)

National Security

Secret congressional laws are getting out of control, critics say

Rudy Takala · June 12, 2016 4:01 am

Defenders of some programs can disclose and get off scot-free, while critics "go to prison," said Sen. Ron Wyden. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Wyden: Double standard exists on leaking classified intel

Rudy Takala · June 9, 2016 11:41 pm

"This [intel] bill takes a hatchet to important protections for Americans' liberty," Sen. Ron Wyden said in a statement late last month, following its passage out of the Senate Intelligence Committee he sits on. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate set for another surveillance showdown

Rudy Takala · June 6, 2016 4:01 am

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pushing the Justice Department's to release a George W. Bush-era legal opinion on privacy and surveillance. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Top Democrat introduces bill to force Trump to release taxes

Joseph Lawler · May 25, 2016 1:56 pm

Senate votes to block Obama rule on conflicts of interest in retirement advice

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2016 10:01 pm

The "Stop Mass Hacking Act," proposed on Thursday by Wyden and a bipartisan group of his colleagues, is aimed chiefly at preventing the FBI from hacking thousands of computers via so-called "botnets" using a single warrant. (iStock photo)

National Security

Nonprofits and trade group support bill to prevent mass hacking by feds

Rudy Takala · May 20, 2016 8:03 pm

Issue centers on February heist that came through a penetration of the bank's SWIFT Alliance Access software. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

National Security

Senators propose bill to stop FBI mass hacking policy

Rudy Takala · May 19, 2016 5:10 pm

The Justice Department defended its decision to keep the memo secret after Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., filed a brief in support of a lawsuit seeking to make the document public. (AP Photo)

Justice rejects Dem effort to declassify surveillance memo

Rudy Takala · May 6, 2016 6:38 pm

"If we could get it done this year, I'm game to do it," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking at a hearing on business taxes. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democrats seek international tax reform

Joseph Lawler · April 26, 2016 10:54 pm

Condemnation for the legislation, which was coauthored by Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr, came swiftly and from a broad spectrum of groups. (AP Photo)

Senators’ major encryption bill is ‘clueless’

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

If the U.S. weakens cybersecurity in order to strengthen national security, it could also have the unintended effect of helping foreign governments and hackers to spy on American citizens.

On encryption battle, FBI stands alone

Rudy Takala · April 4, 2016 4:01 am