The Washington Independent » intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act http://washingtonindependent.com National News in Context Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:36:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 What Happened to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board? http://washingtonindependent.com/42033/what-happened-to-the-privacy-and-civil-liberties-oversight-board http://washingtonindependent.com/42033/what-happened-to-the-privacy-and-civil-liberties-oversight-board#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 15:38:19 +0000 Daphne Eviatar http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=42033 Who knew we were supposed to have a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board?  Not Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, apparently.

A question about why that board — recommended by the 9/11 Commission and created by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 — still doesn’t exist appeared to stump her at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing this morning.

The board is supposed to ensure that anti-terror policies – such as wiretapping, information-sharing at “fusion centers” and other tactics in the “war on terror” — don’t infringe on privacy and civil liberties.

Napolitano promised to look into that.

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