The Honorable Jack Reed
Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee
728 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Dick Durbin
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
711 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable James Inhofe
Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
205 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
135 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Inhofe, Chairman Durbin, and Ranking Member Grassley:
We, the undersigned groups, representing perspectives from across the political spectrum and concerned about the prevalence of Executive branch-created secret law, urge you to support inclusion of the OLC Transparency Amendment (S. Amdt. 6246) in the final bicameral National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R. 7900). Senate Amendment 6246 would require the Department of Justice to publicly disclose all its Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinions, with appropriate exceptions. With the window for the 117th Congress to enact pro-transparency legislation for OLC opinions rapidly closing this year, it is vital for you to take this opportunity now to rein in the excessive secrecy that has shrouded the OLC and undermined our democracy for far too long.
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