Udall Welcomes Reports the President Will Heed His Call to End NSA Dragnet, Protect Constitutional Rights

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Mark Udall, a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to reports that the president will support Udall's proposal to rein in the NSA's bulk phone records collection program:

"I will review the details of the president's proposal, but I am encouraged by reports that he has embraced my approach to ending the dragnet collection of Americans' private phone records. The Constitution is clear and Coloradans agree: the ongoing bulk collections of Americans' call records is an unacceptable invasion of our privacy that doesn't make us safer and must be brought to an end. I look forward to seeing the president's full proposal and continuing my work to defend the Bill of Rights and keep America secure."

Udall has been leading the bipartisan effort to rein in the NSA's domestic surveillance programs, protect Americans' privacy rights and ensure intelligence agencies are held accountable. Udall also has repeatedly pressed intelligence officials on the need to reform domestic surveillance programs and protect our constitutional right to privacy.

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