The Obama Administration still has not appointed members to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. CNET News reports that Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) yesterday reiterated urgings for the president to fill the board, which was created in 2004 based on the recommendation of the 9-11 Commission. Harman, who is head of the Homeland Security Committee, said reconstituting the board would "go a long way toward making sure that all the practices we're talking about by fusion centers and new regulations and proposed legal remedies comply fully with our constitution."
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