The Senate approved four out of the five nominees for the Privacy...
The Senate approved four out of the five nominees for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on Thursday evening by a voice vote. Approved were: James Dempsey, vice president at the Center for Democracy and Technology; Elisebeth Cook, partner…
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with Freeborn & Peters and former Senate Judiciary Committee GOP chief counsel for Supreme Court nominations; Rachel Brand, chief counsel for regulatory litigation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Patricia Wald, former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The Senate did not consider the nomination for the chairman of the board, David Medine, an attorney fellow at the SEC and previously White House National Economic Council senior adviser, and a vote to consider his confirmation remains on the Senate calendar. Medine previously faced scrutiny from Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, over his views on profiling foreign nationals from high-risk countries (CD April 19 p14) . Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy, D-Vt., urged Congress to “promptly act” on Medine’s nomination “so that the board can be restored to its full strength,” in a statement emailed late Thursday. “Protecting national security and protecting Americans’ fundamental rights are not mutually exclusive goals,” Leahy said. “We can -- and must -- do both. A fully reconstituted PCLOB will help ensure that we do.” A Grassley spokeswoman said he did not place a hold to prevent consideration of Medine’s nomination.