Udall, Gardner tout opposition to government surveillance.
Colorado’s candidates for U.S. Senate emphasized opposition to government surveillance, in a debate in Denver Wednesday. When President Barack Obama “continues to give the green light to the National Security Agency to spy on Americans, I’ve stood up to President…
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Obama,” said Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., a longtime critic of the NSA policies and member of the Intelligence Committee. His opponent, Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., said he appreciates Udall’s stance and believes they've worked together to combat these policies. Gardner backed the amendment last year of Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., which would have stripped the NSA of funding, and was a co-sponsor of the USA Freedom Act legislation as introduced in the House, he said: “But I voted against it when it was brought to the floor because they watered it down and it didn’t go far enough.” A Communications Subcommittee member who has also been a loud critic of broadband stimulus grant recipient Eagle-Net, Gardner has taken the lead in the Colorado race, though the Rothenberg Political Report judges the race a pure toss-up.