Protecting your civil liberties

Via Atrios, I find this piece in the LA Times:

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.

Someday, it might actually meet.

The Board was created over a year ago, but haggling over its members and its budget have prevented it from actually existing, other than on paper.