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Oversight Board Briefed on NSA Eavesdropping Program

An AP newswire article by John Solomon, via The Boston Globe, reports that:

After a delay of more than a year, a government board appointed to guard Americans' privacy and civil liberties during the war on terror has been told the inner workings of the government's electronic eavesdropping program.

Members say they were impressed by the protections.

The briefing for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board had been delayed because President Bush was concerned -- after several press leaks -- about widening the circle of people who knew the exact details of the secret eavesdropping program.

posted by Fergie @ 11/27/2006 01:20:00 PM