President Barack Obama renominated David Medine as chairman of the...
President Barack Obama renominated David Medine as chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Tuesday. Last year the Senate approved four of Obama’s five nominees for the board but GOP members blocked the confirmation of Medine, a partner…
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with WilmerHale. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee had previously opposed confirming Medine, citing “serious concerns” about the nominee’s views on profiling foreign nationals from high-risk countries (CD May 18 p11). Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy, D-Vt., commended Obama’s renomination of Medine in a news release and said he looks forward to the Senate’s “prompt confirmation of this well qualified nominee so that the Board can carry out its important work on behalf of the American people.” The board was established in 2004, following a recommendation by the 9/11 Commission.