BUSH SETS THE FOXES TO GUARD THE HENHOUSE

IF THE HENHOUSE GETS BUILT. THERE'S NO RUSH; IT'S JUST FOR SHOW.

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Privacy Guardian Is Still a Paper Tiger
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A year after its creation, the White House civil liberties board has yet to do a single day of work.

By Richard B. Schmitt
Times Staff Writer

February 20 2006

WASHINGTON ; For Americans troubled by the prospect of federal agents eavesdropping on their phone conversations or combing through their Internet records, there is good news: A little-known board exists in the White House whose purpose is to ensure that privacy and civil liberties are protected in the fight against terrorism.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-liberties20feb20,0,5039697.story?coll=la-home-nation

Sounds good on paper. Until you read the names and qualifications of Bush's appointees - all his good ole boys and girls buddies. Do we fall over laughing, or hide our faces and weep? Just how much faith do you have in these foxes to protect the henhouse? Will they stand up to Bush, cross him? That is, if the program is ever implemented. Probably just as well it isn't; it would just be another waste of taxpayers money and cushy jobs for Bush's buds.