The White House is “actively working on” the...
The White House is “actively working on” the list of members of the surveillance review panel, Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Friday in Binghamton, N.Y. “I don’t want to set a timeline for that now because I don’t…
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know when they're going to be done, but it’s something that they're actively working on.” He called the panel “an important part” of the reforms President Barack Obama pledged earlier this month, intended to make U.S. surveillance activities more transparent and give them more oversight. ABC News reported four unconfirmed names expected to be named to the panel Thursday, which prompted criticism from observers that the group may be too full of White House insiders (CD Aug 23 p6). A White House spokeswoman told us Thursday the list would be released “soon.” The group will offer the president surveillance reform recommendations, first within 60 days of its creation and then by Dec. 15.