Editing Ron Wyden (section)

===Civil liberties===
[[File:Senator Ron Wyden Town Hall - Multnomah County (33115710686).jpg|thumb|Wyden at a town hall in 2017]]

====Abortion====
Wyden supports [[Support for the legalization of abortion|legal abortion]]. Almost every year, he has maintained a 100% rating or close to it with pro-choice groups: [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]], [[Planned Parenthood]], and National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, and a 0% rating or close to it from the [[National Right to Life Committee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/27036/ron-wyden |title=Ron Wyden's Ratings and Endorsements |work=[[Vote Smart]] |access-date=August 27, 2014 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016235057/http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/27036/ron-wyden |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Assisted suicide====
Wyden personally opposes [[Assisted suicide in the United States|assisted suicide]] and said he voted against the [[Oregon Death with Dignity Act]], first enacted in Oregon in 1997, each time it appeared on the ballot by [[List of Oregon ballot measures|voter referendum]]. Nevertheless, he successfully blocked congressional attempts to pass federal legislation to override Oregon's law.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dee|last=Lane|title=Wyden defends assisted suicide law|date=May 25, 2006|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> In 2000, Wyden blocked attempts in Congress to overturn the Oregon assisted-suicide law by threatening a [[filibuster]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aclu-or.org/content/state-oregon-v-gonzales|title=State of Oregon v. Gonzales|website=aclu-or.org|publisher=ACLU Oregon|date=March 2006|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527215852/http://aclu-or.org/content/state-oregon-v-gonzales|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Assisted suicide debate not over">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/assisted-suicide-debate-not-over/|title=Assisted suicide debate not over?|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[CBS News]]|date=February 11, 2009|access-date=March 8, 2006|archive-date=May 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518030205/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/18/politics/main1217013.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, he wrote to President [[George W. Bush]] urging him to not alter the law through federal executive action.<ref>{{cite news|first=Katherine|last=Pfleger|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20011031/suicidelaw31m/threat-to-ore-assisted-suicide-law|title=Threat to Ore. assisted-suicide law?|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=October 31, 2001|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223319/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20011031&slug=suicidelaw31m|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, he and four other Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation filed an [[amicus brief]] in the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] case of ''[[Gonzales v. Oregon]]'' in support of the State of Oregon, and praised the eventual decision to uphold the law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=3e77c0cd-2cfe-47fe-b66c-30b24bd12f7f|title=Wyden Praises Supreme Court Decision Upholding Oregon's Physician Aid in Dying Law|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|date=January 17, 2006|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507134740/http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=3e77c0cd-2cfe-47fe-b66c-30b24bd12f7f|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, Wyden informed Senate leadership that he would block legislation overturning the Death with Dignity Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=aae34243-5df4-4f33-9500-489255d3a8b6|title=Wyden Informs Senate Leadership He Will Block Legislation Overturning 'Death with Dignity'|website=wyden.senate.gov|publisher=Office of Senator Ron Wyden|date=January 18, 2006|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507134733/http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=aae34243-5df4-4f33-9500-489255d3a8b6|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009 he said that he would continue to "fight tooth and nail" to block new federal attempts to block the law.<ref name="Assisted suicide debate not over"/>

====Gun control====
Wyden has been an [[Political arguments of gun politics in the United States|advocate of gun control]]. He voted against limiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers and in favor of increasing background checks. Wyden also voted to renew the [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]].<ref name="weaponsban">{{cite web |title=Durbin, Duckworth join colleagues in introducing Assault Weapons ban |date=January 14, 2019 |url=https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-duckworth-join-colleagues-in-introducing-assault-weapons-ban-33106.cfm |access-date=14 January 2019 |ref=34 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326093305/https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-duckworth-join-colleagues-in-introducing-assault-weapons-ban-33106.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2015, Wyden was one of the Senate Democrats to unveil a new [[gun control]] campaign in the aftermath of the [[2015 Umpqua Community College shooting|Umpqua Community College shooting]]. Wyden said the three areas the senators were focusing on, that of increasing background check requirements, closing "loopholes" on background checks when guns are purchased at gun shows or online, and closing the "pipeline of illegal guns" by rendering [[gun trafficking]] as a federal crime, were "common sense" and should have bipartisan support.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/256362-senate-dems-unveil-new-gun-control-push/|title=Senate Dems unveil new gun control push|date=October 8, 2015|work=The Hill|first=Jordain|last=Carney|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108094946/http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/256362-senate-dems-unveil-new-gun-control-push|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2016, Wyden was one of 18 senators to call on the appropriations committee leadership to hold a hearing on funding for gun violence research at the CDC and spoke with other Democratic senators and researchers supporting federal funding for investigation into gun violence prevention.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.klcc.org/post/oregon-sen-wyden-joins-researchers-calling-restore-federal-funding-study-gun-violence|title=Oregon Sen. Wyden Joins Researchers in Calling to Restore Federal Funding to Study Gun Violence|first=Angela|last=Keller|date=January 21, 2016|work=[[KLCC (FM)|KLCC]]|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621045837/https://www.klcc.org/post/oregon-sen-wyden-joins-researchers-calling-restore-federal-funding-study-gun-violence|url-status=live}}</ref>

At a March 2018 town hall, Wyden answered "Yes" when asked if he intended to pass bans on [[bump stock]]s and assault rifles. He expressed optimism about the chances of passing national gun legislation, noting that legislation passed in Florida in the wake of the [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]] was strong enough to warrant lawsuit by the NRA.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://democratherald.com/news/local/wyden-on-guns-this-time-is-going-to-be-different/article_fa7d8520-ac8c-54ea-8f1b-2f9f450147e1.html|title=Wyden on guns: This time is going to be different|first=Anthony|last=Rimel|date=March 17, 2018|work=[[Corvallis Gazette-Times]]|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193507/https://democratherald.com/news/local/wyden-on-guns-this-time-is-going-to-be-different/article_fa7d8520-ac8c-54ea-8f1b-2f9f450147e1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In July, Wyden confirmed he had joined other senators in introducing legislation intended to ensure gun dealers were not engaging in illegal sales and bestowing the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives]] with clear enforcement mechanisms. He said gun violence "demands real action by Congress" and the legislation "takes a long-overdue critical step in the right direction, holding gun dealers accountable for illegal sales, reducing the number of guns that fall into the wrong hands."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-bill-holds-gun-dealers-accountable-for-illegal-sales/769523484|title=Wyden bill holds gun dealers accountable for illegal sales|date=July 17, 2018|work=KTVZ|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007153721/https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-bill-holds-gun-dealers-accountable-for-illegal-sales/769523484|archive-date=October 7, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2019, Wyden was one of 38 senators to sign a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman [[Lindsey Graham]] calling on him to "hold a hearing" on universal background checks and noting Graham's statement that he "intended to have the Committee work on ‘red flag’ legislation and potentially also background checks, both actions" the senators supported.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/432899-senate-dems-call-for-hearing-on-universal-background-checks-bill/|title=Senate Dems call for hearing on universal background checks bill|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|date=March 6, 2019|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923075638/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/432899-senate-dems-call-for-hearing-on-universal-background-checks-bill|url-status=live}}</ref>

====LGBTQIA+ rights====
In late 1995, Wyden became the first U.S. Senate candidate (and then senator) to publicly support [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blueoregon.com/2013/03/how-ron-wyden-became-first-us-senator-ever-endorse-marriage-equality/ |title=How Ron Wyden became the first U.S. Senator ever to endorse marriage equality |work=[[BlueOregon]] |first=Kari |last=Chisholm |date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418044905/http://www.blueoregon.com/2013/03/how-ron-wyden-became-first-us-senator-ever-endorse-marriage-equality/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was one of just 14 senators to vote against the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=2&vote=00280|title= U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 104th Congress – 2nd Session on Passage of the Bill (h.r.3396 )|publisher= [[United States Senate]]|access-date= April 7, 2008|archive-date= April 11, 2004|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040411185742/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=2&vote=00280|url-status= live}}</ref> He has voted against the proposed [[Federal Marriage Amendment]], which would have proposed an [[List of amendments to the United States Constitution|amendment to the Constitution]] to bar recognition of same-sex marriages. Despite undergoing tests in advance of [[prostate]] surgery scheduled two days later, Wyden appeared in the Senate chamber in December 2010 to vote for the [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010]].

In May 2017, Wyden was one of 46 senators to introduce the Equality Act of 2017, described by Representative [[David Cicilline]] as ensuring "that every LGBT person can live their lives free from the fear of discrimination. Above all, it’s about honoring the values that have guided our nation since its founding. It’s critical that Congress pass the Equality Act into law."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/historic-comprehensive-lgbt-non-discrimination-legislation-re-introduced-in-congress/|title=Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation Re-Introduced in Congress|date=May 2, 2017|work=Urban Milwaukee|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=August 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831220845/https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/historic-comprehensive-lgbt-non-discrimination-legislation-re-introduced-in-congress/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2018, Wyden was one of 20 senators to sign a letter to Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] urging him to reverse the rollback of a policy that granted visas to same-sex partners of LGBTQIA+ diplomats who had unions not recognized by their home countries, writing that too many places around the world have seen LGBTQIA+ individuals "subjected to discrimination and unspeakable violence, and receive little or no protection from the law or local authorities" and that the US refusing to let LGBTQIA+ diplomats bring their partners to the US would be equivalent of America upholding "the discriminatory policies of many countries around the world."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/11/democratic-senators-lgbt-diplomats-894174|title=Democratic senators demand Pompeo reverse visa denials for LGBTQ diplomats' partners|first=Jesus|last=Rodriguez|date=October 11, 2018|work=Politico|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=February 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125652/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/11/democratic-senators-lgbt-diplomats-894174|url-status=live}}</ref>

====National language====
In June 2007, Wyden was among the minority of Democrats to vote in favor of declaring [[English language|English]] the [[English-only movement|official language of the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/votes/13429 |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Vote Smart |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213162647/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/votes/13429 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Net neutrality====
In September 2017, Wyden was one of nine senators to sign a letter to [[Federal Communications Commission]] Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] that charged the FCC with failing "to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on the tens of thousands of filed complaints that directly shed light on proposed changes to existing net neutrality protections."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/351785-senate-dems-ask-fcc-to-delay-net-neutrality-repeal/|title=Senate Dems ask FCC to delay net neutrality repeal|first=Harper|last=Neidig|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022943/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/351785-senate-dems-ask-fcc-to-delay-net-neutrality-repeal|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2018, Wyden was one of 10 senators to sign a letter spearheaded by [[Jeff Merkley]] lambasting a proposal by Pai that would curb the scope of benefits from the Lifeline program during a period where roughly 6.5 million people in poor communities relied on Lifeline to receive access to high-speed Internet, writing that it was Pai's "obligation to the American public, as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to improve the Lifeline program and ensure that more Americans can afford access, and have means of access, to broadband and phone service." The senators also advocated for insuring "Lifeline reaches more Americans in need of access to communication services."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/380870-democrats-slam-fcc-head-over-plan-to-limit-internet-access-funding-for-low/|title=Dems slam FCC head for proposed limits to low-income internet program|date=March 29, 2018|first=Ali|last=Breland|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215075159/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/380870-democrats-slam-fcc-head-over-plan-to-limit-internet-access-funding-for-low|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Patriot Act====
Wyden joined the Senate Intelligence Committee in January 2001, and voted for the [[Patriot Act]] following 9/11.<ref>{{Citation |title=U.S. Senate : CSPAN2 : July 23, 2013 5:00pm-8:01pm EDT |date=2013-07-23 |url=http://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20130723_210000_U.S._Senate |others=CSPAN2 |access-date=2022-11-05}}</ref> In 2006, he was one of 10 senators to vote against reauthorizing the Patriot Act.<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Stout|author-link=David Stout|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/politics/02cnd-patriot.html|title=Senate Approves Renewal of Antiterrorism Bill|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 2, 2006|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016235057/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/politics/02cnd-patriot.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, with the expiration of the Patriot Act approaching and efforts to reauthorize it intensifying, Wyden and Merkley sharply criticized the rush to pass the bill. Wyden said on the Senate floor, "The Patriot Act was passed a decade ago during a period of understandable fear. Now is the time to revisit this, revisit it and ensure that a better job is done of striking that balance between fighting terror and protecting individual liberty." Wyden and Merkley expressed particular concern about a provision of current law allowing law enforcement authorities to collect "a vast array of business records, emails, phone numbers, [and] even DNA from anyone deemed 'relevant' to an investigation."<ref>{{cite web|first=Charles|last=Pope|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/post_30.html|title=Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Jeff Merkley raise concerns about fast U.S. Senate passage of Patriot Act|work=[[The Oregonian]]|date=May 24, 2011|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919054133/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/post_30.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Wyden offered an amendment to reform the "business-records provision" of the Patriot Act, which he views as being used in an abusive and secret way.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Spencer|last=Ackerman|author-link=Spencer Ackerman|url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/secret-patriot-act/|title=There's a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says|date=May 25, 2011|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320073945/http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/secret-patriot-act/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In a Senate speech two days later, Wyden sharply criticized the use of Patriot Act, saying: "The fact is that anyone can read the plain text of the Patriot Act, and yet many members of Congress have no idea how the law is being secretly interpreted by the executive branch, because that interpretation is classified. It's almost as if there were two Patriot Acts, and many members of Congress have not read the one that matters. Our constituents, of course, are totally in the dark. Members of the public have no access to the secret legal interpretations, so they have no idea what their government believes the law actually means.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://community.statesmanjournal.com/blogs/editorialblog/2011/05/27/sunday-editorial-oregon-sen-ron-wyden-vs-usa-patriot-act/ | title = Sunday Editorial: (draft) Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden vs. USA Patriot Act | date = May 27, 2011 | work= [[Statesman Journal]] | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120707200808/http://community.statesmanjournal.com/blogs/editorialblog/2011/05/27/sunday-editorial-oregon-sen-ron-wyden-vs-usa-patriot-act/ | archive-date = July 7, 2012 | access-date = April 1, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Ron Wyden official portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Senator Ron Wyden]]
In an interview for the January 2013 documentary ''[[Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield]]'', Wyden was asked about legal reviews and the scope of potential assassinations (or "targeted killings") of American citizens by their government, and responded, "the American people would be extraordinarily surprised if they could see the difference between what they believe a law says and how it has actually been interpreted in secret", but that he "is not permitted" to disclose the difference publicly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/7/inside_the_us_dirty_war_in|title=Inside the U.S. Dirty War in Yemen with Jeremy Scahill, Nasser al-Awlaki, Sheikh Fareed|work=[[Democracy Now]]|date=June 7, 2013|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=November 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104061616/http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/7/inside_the_us_dirty_war_in|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Per a 2013 ''Washington Post'' article, Wyden's concerns "stemmed from top-secret information he had learned as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee", a position he'd held for a dozen years by 2013, but he was "bound by secrecy rules."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fahrenthold |first=David A. |date=2013-07-28 |title=With NSA revelations, Sen. Ron Wyden's vague privacy warnings finally become clear |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-years-of-obscure-warnings-wyden-gets-sought-after-privacy-debate-in-wake-of-nsa-revelations/2013/07/28/267efd1a-f573-11e2-861b-70461cc1cd24_story.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729185243/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-years-of-obscure-warnings-wyden-gets-sought-after-privacy-debate-in-wake-of-nsa-revelations/2013/07/28/267efd1a-f573-11e2-861b-70461cc1cd24_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Did Intel Dir. James Clapper Lie to Congress? It's Complicated |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intel-dir-james-clapper-lie-congress-complicated/story?id=19390786 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=November 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105024058/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intel-dir-james-clapper-lie-congress-complicated/story?id=19390786 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On March 12, 2013, during a [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]] hearing, Wyden quoted NSA director [[Keith B. Alexander]]'s keynote speech at the 2012 [[DEF CON]]. Alexander had said that "Our job is foreign intelligence" and that "those who would want to weave the story that we have millions or hundreds of millions of dossiers on people, is absolutely false.... From my perspective, this is absolute nonsense." Wyden then asked [[James Clapper]], "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?" He responded, "No, sir." Wyden asked, "It does not?" and Clapper said, "Not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, collect, but not wittingly."<ref name="Greenbergdenied">Greenberg, Andy. "[https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/06/watch-top-u-s-intelligence-officials-repeatedly-deny-nsa-spying-on-americans-over-the-last-year-videos/ Watch Top U.S. Intelligence Officials Repeatedly Deny NSA Spying On Americans Over The Last Year (Videos)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825195315/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/06/watch-top-u-s-intelligence-officials-repeatedly-deny-nsa-spying-on-americans-over-the-last-year-videos/ |date=August 25, 2017 }}." ''[[Forbes]]''. June 6, 2013. Retrieved on June 11, 2013. "Eight months later, Senator Ron Wyden quoted[...]"</ref>

When [[Edward Snowden]] was asked during a 2014 television interview what the decisive moment was or what caused him to whistle-blow, he replied: "Sort of the breaking point was seeing the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, directly lie under oath to Congress. ... Seeing that really meant for me there was no going back."<ref>{{cite web |title=Snowden Interview Transcript |url=http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277_page-2.html |access-date=January 27, 2014 |publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]] |archive-date=January 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128224438/http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277_page-2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Following news of Snowden's leaks in early June 2013, Wyden noted on June 11 that Clapper's office had been provided with the question a day in advance of the hearing and was given the opportunity following Clapper's testimony to amend his response.<ref name="straightanswer">{{cite news |last=Blake |first=Aaron |date=2013-06-11 |title=Sen. Wyden: Clapper didn't give 'straight answer' on NSA programs |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/06/11/sen-wyden-clapper-didnt-give-straight-answer-on-nsa-programs |access-date=2015-11-20 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701022306/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/06/11/sen-wyden-clapper-didnt-give-straight-answer-on-nsa-programs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>