Rep. Nadler released the following statement on the continued detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
“We are told by some in the majority that enemy soldiers should not have constitutional rights. But Mr. Speaker, a majority, concededly, of those at Guantanamo was never involved in hostile acts against the United States; 86% were turned in for bounties. We don’t know… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding his April 8, 2014 testimony about the Administration’s bulk telephone metadata collection program and its use of National Security Letters (NSLs).
“While there has been a lot of attention focused on the government’s… Read more »
Judiciary Committee, not the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, has always been the primary forum to debate the appropriate scope of government surveillance Read more »
Today, Congressmen Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) and David Cicilline (RI-1), both members of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to United States Attorney General Eric Holder. The letter asks questions raised by the February 4, 2014 testimony of Deputy Attorney General James Cole regarding the use of non-court approved surveillance methods, known as National Security… Read more »
Today, three senior members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General James Cole regarding his February 4, 2014 testimony about reforming government surveillance programs.
“It is wrong that the NSA collects data on millions of Americans who are under zero suspicion of wrongdoing, some of whom may be Members of… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in in support of tomorrow’s “The Day We Fight Back” protest:
“As a proud co-sponsor of the USA FREEDOM Act, I stand in solidarity with those participating ‘The Day We Fight Back’ protest and speaking out against an intrusive… Read more »
(DETROIT) – Today, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released a report criticizing and calling for an end to the National Security Agency’s (NSA) sweeping telephone metadata collection program. The PCLOB cited the program, currently permitted under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, as having “little unique value” in investigating and preventing… Read more »
Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) attended President Obama’s address on surveillance reform at the Department of Justice. In his remarks, the President concurred with many of the findings of the Review Group he convened on Intelligence and Communications Technologies—including its recommendation that the government… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, stated his vehement opposition to H.R. 7, which would impose unacceptable limits on a woman’s reproductive rights. At a Constitution Subcommittee hearing on the bill, the Subcommittee’s first hearing of this session of Congress, Congressman… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, released the following statement:
“I applaud today’s ruling by Judge Richard Leon that the dragnet surveillance by the NSA of data from all phone calls in the U.S. likely violates the Fourth Amendment’s protection of privacy.
“I have long… Read more »