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Obama Taps White House Insiders for NSA Oversight Panel

HeadlineAug 27, 2013

The Obama administration has reportedly picked four Washington insiders to head a government panel reviewing National Security Agency surveillance. President Obama promised an independent review of the NSA’s operations earlier this month amidst continued public scrutiny sparked by the leaks of Edward Snowden. But according to ABC News, the panel’s four members have extensive White House ties: Michael Morell, former acting head of the CIA; Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism coordinator under Presidents Clinton and Bush; former regulatory czar Cass Sunstein, who served under President Obama until last year; and privacy expert Peter Swire, who also served under President Obama, as well as President Clinton.

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