The PCLOB is an independent agency whose mission is the oversight of the intelligence community. Created by Congress, its 5-person board must be bipartisan, reflecting the congressional view that oversight is an apolitical function in which both parties should be invested. I know from my own time working for the FBI as its General Counsel that the Board was an indispensable and important body for conducting valuable oversight. The board asked tough questions (regardless of party) and conducted thorough reviews.
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The tsunami of executive orders emanating from the Trump White House can result in our missing something important. A “small” story about the removal of the three Democrats on the Private and Civil Liberties Board (PCLOB) is ominous. Their removal immediately results in the 5-member oversight board becoming inoperable. It now has four vacant seats and one remaining member, who cannot take any action as of now.
Just Security
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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