Udall to Holder: ‘Don’t try to protect citizens by lying to them’

Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has been a champion in the post-9/11 era of the need to balance tough national security measures against concerns for civil liberties and privacy protections. Wednesday he sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing “deep concern” over a plan to rework a key regulation tied to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The new regulation, known as 16.6(f)(2), would allow the government to lie to citizens seeking sensitive information.

Total surrender: IRS rolls over in face of political spending

New Leadership Colorado would seem to owe roughly $44,000 in IRS fines for its brief stint as a political hit team this campaign season. Add that sum to the $3.4 million the Treasury’s Inspector General estimates the IRS (pdf)…

National Ethics Group Details Family Affairs In U.S. Congress

An investigative ethics watchdog group released a report today detailing what it says is a premier analysis of U.S. Senate members misusing their power to financially benefit themselves and members of their families.

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