What Sen. Wyden Does When He’s Not Questioning Comey or Sessions

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🗓️ 14 June 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Besides investigating Russian election interference, Sen. Wyden is tackling government hacking, email surveillance, border device searches, and fighting for your rights online. How did a basketball-playing former gerontologist become your digital champion in Congress?

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0:00.0	I had to push back against overreach in the Bush administration, in the Obama administration,
0:08.0	and I think it would be fair to say I'm going to be no less busy during the Trump administration.
0:13.2	Get ready to nerd out nonpartisan style friends.
0:19.4	We've recruited a senator to give you a primer on the biggest privacy issues facing U.S.
0:24.3	lawmakers right now.
0:26.3	We are in Washington DC.
0:33.5	I'm a new summer Odie and note to self, the rules around the internet and our devices
0:38.6	are just getting decided.
0:40.7	Before they're written down for the ages, we better have some big debates over what we think
0:45.1	will be best for us as individuals and as a democracy and the key figure on Capitol Hill,
0:51.4	leaving the discussion, Senator Ron Wyden.
0:54.8	We sat down on his couch in his office just after the Supreme Court announced it will hear
0:59.5	a major cell phone privacy case and just before the senator was due to join his colleagues
1:05.0	on the Senate Intelligence Committee for a little chat with former FBI director James Comey.
1:10.7	Mr. Comey, welcome.
1:12.5	You and I have had significant policy differences over the years, particularly protecting
1:18.4	Americans' access to secure encryption.
1:22.1	But I believe the timing of your firing stinks.
1:27.4	And of course not long after that hearing, Senator Wyden and his colleagues had another little
1:31.5	get together on Capitol Hill. This time with the Attorney General Jeff Sessions,
1:35.7	things got a little test here.
1:37.4	I want to ask you just point blank.
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