White House censors privacy report


You weren't really surprised, were you? The ACLU certainly wasn't
Sometimes these pieces write themselves. Case in point.

The American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday criticized what it said were White House efforts to censor a privacy report.

"The White House made more than 200 redactions to the public report, sometimes deleting entire sections. These edits resulted in former White House Counsel Lanny J. Davis's resignation" from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, it said in a statement.

"This administration has taken a see-no-evil, speak-no-evil posture. Attempting to keep well-known civil liberties violations secret is nothing short of childish," Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, said Wednesday.

"We clearly see what the administration is trying to hide when White House staff made 200 redactions and edits to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's report," Fredrickson said. "The board is a toothless entity that blindly and obediently advances the Bush agenda by endorsing its most egregious civil liberties violations. For the administration to take it one step further by censoring the PCLOB's report is shameless."

My one objection to this article is that someone's memory doesn't extend past the Bush Administration.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - May 17, 2007 at 12:47 PM  Tag


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