Authoritarian Cass Sunstein previously called for banning opinions that differed from government
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Aug 22, 2013
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One of the men heading up the so called “independent” panel to review the NSA’s domestic spying programs will be Cass Sunstein, the former Obama regulatory czar, who has a history of seeking to strictly control information and stifle dissent against government.
The announcement came yesterday with the president describing the panel as a “high-level group of outside experts” that will examine potential abuses of the NSA’s data gathering programs.
Insisting that the group is completely independent of government, despite the fact that all of those on it are former White House and intelligence agency officials, the administration also announced that the group will determine if “insider threats” and unauthorized disclosures are “appropriately” accounted for by the government.
In addition to Sunstein, the panel will be manned by lifelong CIA official, and recent acting head of the agency, Michael Morell, former senior White House adviser Richard Clarke, and former Obama special assistant Peter Swire.
The group will have 2 months to prepare a report for director of national intelligence James Clapper, who has already admitted to lying to Congress about the NSA’s spying techniques. Clapper will then brief the President and submit a report on what is effectively his own spying program.
Critics will certainly argue that the likelihood of this panel finding anything remotely amiss with the NSA’s actions is a long shot at best. Indeed, with Sunstein’s record they are likely to advocate beefing up the NSA’s architecture and expanding the crack down on whistleblowers.
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