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Bush executive order weakens intelligence oversight watchdog

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] A new executive order [text] weakens much of the authority of the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) [official backgrounder], the independent committee of private citizens which since 1976 has been responsible for reporting illegal US intelligence activities to both the president and the attorney general. The order, signed February 29, removes the IOB's oversight authority over each US

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).

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