White House Vets Privacy Report

Oversight Board Gives Administration Passing Marks

• By Paul Singer
• Roll Call Staff
• May 10, 2007, Midnight

The White House played an active role in vetting a new report to Congress from an oversight panel on civil liberties and national security, even as civil libertarians and the former chairmen of the 9/11 commission have faulted the panel for not making a more critical analysis of administration anti-terror programs.