{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20131221050045/http://www.blumenthal.senate.gov:80/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-white-house-review-group-recommendations-on-intelligence-communications-technologies", "Blumenthal Statement On White House Review Group Recommendations On Intelligence, Communications Technologies", "2013-12-18", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Richard Blumenthal", "B001277", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Review Group Adopts Blumenthal Proposals On Special Advocate, Transparency, Method Of Appointing FISA Judges\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWednesday, December 18, 2013\n\t\t\t(Washington, DC) \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after the White House released recommendations from the Review Group on\u00a0Intelligence and Communications Technologies to reform the nation\u2019s broad surveillance laws:\n\u201cThis report is a clarion call for intelligence program reform \u2013 powerfully boosting the credibility and momentum of sweeping, fundamental change. It specifically endorses my Special Advocate proposal to assure that privacy rights and civil liberties are protected through a genuine adversarial proceeding. Also, it urges significant change in the selection of FISA Court members to assure greater diversity in ideological perspective, background, and geography. Greater transparency, making public more rulings and opinions, is another key, necessary recommendation that I and others have urged. Overall, the report recognizes a fundamental truth: Reform is vital to restore and retain public confidence and trust in our intelligence programs. Doubt, suspicion, and distrust will only deepen, and jeopardize our democracy without reform.\u201d\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPress Contact\n\t\t\t\t\tJosh Zembik \u2013 202-224-6452 Josh_Zembik@blumenthal.senate.gov", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20131221050045/http://www.blumenthal.senate.gov:80/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-white-house-review-group-recommendations-on-intelligence-communications-technologies"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6785660516470671, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}