Obama appoints intelligence boss to run 'independent' review of NSA

[Robert]

Presumably in the spirit of irony

President Obama has appointed James Clapper, the US Director of National Intelligence who was recently caught misleading Congress about the extent of NSA surveillance, as the head of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies that will investigate the agency.

The president announced the review of US surveillance practices and legislation on Friday, including the appointment of a panel of "outside experts" who would investigate the scope of the NSA's spying capabilities and suggest new ideas. His decision to appoint Clapper to run the review board has left privacy advocates dismayed.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/0...igence_boss_to_run_independent_review_of_nsa/

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

How to bury the facts... have an inquiry. Now everyone gets to say they can't talk about anything because it's under investigation, and then, when it's all said and done a few years down the road when everyone has forgotten about it they'll announce that everything was okey-dokey all along except maybe for some niggling "mistakes" by some unimportant people.

It's so very "Yes, minister". I've seen this script far too often.

 

[Robert]

How to bury the facts... have an inquiry. Now everyone gets to say they can't talk about anything because it's under investigation, and then, when it's all said and done a few years down the road when everyone has forgotten about it they'll announce that everything was okey-dokey all along except maybe for some niggling "mistakes" by some unimportant people.

It's so very "Yes, minister". I've seen this script far too often.

True, although this is a little more blatant in my opinion; "Yeah, you know the guy who you caught lying? He's now officially in charge of truth. My name's Obama. Smell my cheese!"

 

[Speelgoedmannetje]

How to bury the facts... have an inquiry. Now everyone gets to say they can't talk about anything because it's under investigation, and then, when it's all said and done a few years down the road when everyone has forgotten about it they'll announce that everything was okey-dokey all along except maybe for some niggling "mistakes" by some unimportant people.

It's so very "Yes, minister". I've seen this script far too often.

It's toe-cringingly "Yes, minister".
They get away with it because it's not related to sex I guess.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

True, although this is a little more blatant in my opinion; "Yeah, you know the guy who you caught lying? He's now officially in charge of truth. My name's Obama. Smell my cheese!"

Do you remember who was first picked to run the 911 commission?

 

[Robert]

Do you remember who was first picked to run the 911 commission?

Fair point.