Sen. Ron Wyden Vows to Block NSA Nomination Until Agency Answers Questions on American Surveillance

Published on December 1, 2023

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has vowed to block a vote confirming Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to serve as director of the National Security Agency (NSA) until the NSA answers “basic questions” regarding whether or not it is surveilling Americans, including their location data and web-browsing records. The senator said in a Nov. 30 press release that the Defense Department has refused to release important information regarding the alleged personal data purchasing, despite the government having already acknowledged that such information is not classified. Mr. Wyden—the longest-serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee—said that until the agency hands over the information, he will block a vote confirming President Joe Biden’s nomination of Mr. Haugh, who currently serves as deputy commander of United States Cyber Command, to serve as the new director of both Cyber Command and the NSA....

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