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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy told intelligence and law enforcement officials that "the trust of the American people is wearing thin." (Associated Press)

Obama open to changes at NSA; intel officials fight to maintain secrecy

By Stephen Dinan and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 18, 2013. Clapper is apologizing for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Heck no, Clapper won’t go: DNI refuses to quit over misleading Congress on NSA spying

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 18, 2013. Clapper is apologizing for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Clapper apologizes for ‘erroneous’ answer on NSA

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Illustration: Big Brother's Eye (Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)

STEPANOVICH: Can you hear me now?

By Amie Stepanovich

**FILE** President Obama greets Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 25, 2011, before the president delivered his State of the Union address. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Coburn targets feds’ ammunition buys and Fast & Furious fiasco

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, noted that helium is "a critical resource for a number of important sectors of the American economy," including semiconductors and fiber optics. (Associated Press)

Bipartisanship surfaces on issue of helium reserve

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

6 tanks at Hanford nuclear site in Wash. leaking

By SHANNON DININNY - Associated Press

Oregon senator to ask for GAO probe of Hanford

By SHANNON DININNY - Associated Press

DHS and its Customs and Border Protection agency have deployed drones to assist local law enforcement and other federal agencies on several occasions.

Congress gets Obama data on use of drones

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

“You can’t just go out checking everybody in sight with the prospect of that maybe there’s someone who’s done something wrong.” - Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat. (Associated Press)

Senate Dem Ron Wyden threatens John Brennan’s CIA nomination over White House drone policy

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, speaks to reporters after leaving the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Inside Politics: GOP convention security not a Super Bowl as usual

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this June 1, 2011, file photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens outside the White House in Washington. It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

MILLER: Ryan’s reform 2.0

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has teamed with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, to offer offering seniors a choice between private plans and a traditional Medicare plan. (Associated Press)

Bipartisan team’s plan would privatize Medicare as option

By Paige Winfield Cunningham and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the top Republican budget writer in the House, has a new plan for Medicare - devised with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon - that would set up a regulated competition with private insurance. (Associated Press)

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Sen. Ron Wyden (Associated Press)

Senator: Bahrain’s human rights trump arms sale

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Wyden’s prostate-cancer surgery successful

Associated Press

Notes on a ‘Constitutional Crisis’