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Why am I not surprised?
For Americans troubled by the prospect of federal agents eavesdropping on their phone conversations or combing through their Internet records, there is good news: A little-known board exists in the White House whose purpose is to ensure that privacy and civil liberties are protected in the fight against terrorism.
Someday, it might actually meet. Initially proposed by the bipartisan commission that investigated the attacks of Sept. 11! , 2001, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was created by the intelligence overhaul that President Bush signed into law in December 2004.
More than a year later, it exists only on paper.
More here. Thanks to Fred Hamden for the pointer.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on February 20, 2006 at 11:13 AM | Permalink
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