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http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=16199&c=206In a report release last week, the ACLU raised serious questions about the Commission’s recommendations, including the proposed National Counter-Terrorism Center, which would be housed at the White House and operate under the authority of the proposed National Intelligence Director. Both the NID and NCTC would centralize power over both foreign and domestic intelligence collection agencies in the White House, raising serious civil liberties concerns.
The ACLU pointed to the potential that both the NID and NCTC would blur the line between foreign and domestic intelligence gathering -
raising the possibility that methods reserved for foreign intelligence gathering could be used domestically, with little regard for protecting the civil liberties of American citizens. Historically, the FBI and CIA have operated with very different rules, and any changes could lead to a loss of personal freedoms for Americans.The White House yesterday endorsed the creation of a NID, which would consolidate the 15 agencies that make up the intelligence community into one White House official. The ACLU has recommended that Congress ensure that any new Intelligence Czar be housed outside the White House, not have operational authority over domestic surveillance, and be Senate-confirmed and subject to strong oversight. Indeed, the White House last week released a report on the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations that called for the protection of both privacy and civil liberties.
Regarding the issue of information sharing, the ACLU continued its call for a decrease in the amount of government secrecy, and called for proper protections to be put in place to protect individuals from unwarranted privacy violations.
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