While Mark Udall's name came up in the news the last several years because of his being a US Senator for my state, where I often also ran across him was dealing with the NSA, CIA, and other "too many secrets" organizations, in his role on the Senate Intelligence Community. Where there were noises being made to reveal the extent of surveillance programs, determine the justifications the government had made for various monitoring practices, or releasing classified-to-save-face information, Udall was almost always at the forefront.
His loss, as well as the shift of the Senate Intelligence Committee to the likely chairmanship of someone who thinks secret intelligence activities are nothing to worry about, move along, will have unfortunate implications for probably decades to come.
Mark Udall’s loss is a blow for privacy, but he can go out with a bang: ‘leak’ the CIA torture report | Trevor Timm
Trevor Timm: The outgoing Senator and champion of civil liberties has one last chance to read the truth about American atrocities out loud, for the world to see – before it’s too late
If only he would
We're one step closer to Palpatine's Galactic Empire.
Charles Pierce's perspective on the matter: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Mark_Udall_And_His_Choice