As members of Congress debate how best to protect themselves following the murder of a Minnesota state legislator and her husband, privacy advocates are sounding a note of caution against piecemeal responses, while also urging broader legislation for all Americans.
According to court documents, the alleged shooter, who compiled a long list of Democratic politicians to target, may have found his victims’ addresses online through data brokers. Now one of the Democrats named in his writings, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, wants to make it easier for lawmakers to scrub their personal info from the web, akin to a law enacted in 2022 for the federal judiciary.
“This murderer, he went to the addresses that he knew. He had some names without addresses; he didn’t go there,” Klobuchar said at a press conference last week. “Sen. Cruz and I have long advocated for some changes. I believe we have growing support for that.”
