The Los Angeles Times noticed what the rest of us let slip by: In the election year of 2004, George W. Bush soothed liberty-conscious citizens by promising to establish a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to protect Americans’ rights during his War on Terror. In 2004, Bush signed his name to a law that mandated the inauguration of just such a board. Under the law this board is to be housed within the Executive Office of the President, and it is George W. Bush’s responsibilty under the law to ensure that the Board is put to work.
As of February 2006, this board has never met.
Why do you think that is?
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