Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
The White House Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, although recommended in the July 22, 2004, report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission) and "mandated by law in late 2004, ... was not sworn in until March 2006, due to inaction on the part of the White House and Congress." [1]
Board Members
- Carol E. Dinkins, Chairwoman
- Alan Charles Raul, Vice Chairman
- Theodore B. Olson, Member
- Francis X. Taylor, Member
- Mark A. Robbins, Executive Director
Former Board Members
- Lanny J. Davis, resigned May 14, 2007
Contact Information
Related SourceWatch Resources
External links
- Justin Rood, "WH Panel, Miming Oversight on NSA," TPMmuckraker, November 28, 2006.
- Ryan Singel, "Bush 'Privacy Board' Just a Gag," WIRED, December 6, 2006.
- Michael Isikoff, "Bloody Monday. In a blow to the Bush administration, the deputy attorney general and the only Democrat on the White House's Privacy and Civil Liberties Board have resigned," Newsweek (MSNBC), May 14, 2007.
- John Solomon and Ellen Nakashima, "White House Edits to Privacy Board's Report Spur Resignation," Washington Post, May 15, 2007.