Here is audio of the Wyden lecture on surveillance state last week

[grasswire]

The lecture was part of the Wayne Morse Center's series, it was recorded by Oregon Public Broadcasting. It is 58 minutes long.

I haven't listened to it yet; wanted to get it to DUers who have been waiting for it ASAP.

Video will eventually be available, I am told by the Center. The Center is housed at University of Oregon. Morse was one of the finest Democratic senators.

https://soundcloud.com/thinkoutloudopb/sen-ron-wyden-on-surveillance

[sabrina 1]

1. Thanks, I haven't listened to it yet either, but always interested in what Wyden has to say.

He has often been a lone voice, especially during the Bush years, on the massive violations of our civil rights, using 9/11 to do so.

I wondered often why he was so passionate about protecting those rights.

Then I read his family history and the book his father wrote and it all made sense.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. Morse was elected as a Republican, became an independent, then a Democrat

He was one of two to oppose the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The other Senator to oppose was a Democrat as well, from Alaska.
Wayne Morse is one of the more amazing American political figures no one knows about.....

[Kurovski]

3. K&R (nt)