Nominees for Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

NOMINEES FOR PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
[SOURCE: The White House]
President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate the following individuals to serve in his Administration:

1) The President intends to nominate Daniel W. Sutherland, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for an initial term of six years. Mr. Sutherland currently serves as an Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to this, he served in the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education. Earlier in his career, he served at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and on the Domestic Policy Council at the White House. Mr. Sutherland received his bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville and his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.

2) The President intends to nominate Ronald Daniel Rotunda, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for an initial four-year term.

3) The President intends to nominate Francis X. Taylor, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for an initial two-year term.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080226-9.html

* Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
The Board advises the President and other senior executive branch officials to ensure that concerns with respect to privacy and civil liberties are appropriately considered in the implementation of all laws, regulations, and executive branch policies related to efforts to protect the Nation against terrorism. This includes advising on whether adequate guidelines, supervision, and oversight exist to protect these important legal rights of all Americans.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/privacyboard/

* Ronald D. Rotunda
http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/rotunda_ronald
* Brig. Gen. Francis X. Taylor
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7344