In a Washington Post op-ed, Alan Charles Raul informs readers that a recent report entitled "FBI broke law for years in phone record searches" is missing a primary component of the story: the lack of attention to privacy issues on the part of the federal government itself. Pointing out that the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board implemented on the recommendation of the Sept. 11 commission was allowed to lapse in early 2008, Raul states, "The American people are counting on the government to go after terrorists hard, and this means it must be equally serious about protecting our privacy and civil liberties. Right now it is not clear that these responsibilities are being discharged seriously." (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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