Of course it was supposed to be independent but the puke congress put it directly under bushco. Get a load of the members...
http://www.privacyboard.gov/Carol E. Dinkins
Chairwoman
In 1984 she was appointed Deputy Attorney General of the United States, the second-ranking official in the Department of Justice. (under raygun)
n 1997, Governor George W. Bush appointed her as a Commissioner on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission and in 2000 to chair the Governor's Task Force on Conservation.
Alan Charles Raul
Vice Chairman
Mr. Raul served in the White House as Associate Counsel to the President (1986-1988).
During his tenure as Associate Counsel to President Reagan, Mr. Raul represented the White House in connection with the Iran-Contra investigations. He subsequently served as General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President (1988-1989), and then was appointed by President George H. W. Bush, with Senate confirmation, as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (1989-1993).
Lanny J. Davis
Member
(Just said on the span he believes bush is an honorable and decent man :puke: )
Theodore B. Olson
Member
Mr. Olson is one of the nation's premier appellate and United States Supreme Court advocates. He has argued 43 cases in the Supreme Court,
including Bush v. Palm Beach Country Canvassing Board and Bush v. Gore, stemming from the 2000 presidential election; prevailing in 75% of those arguments.
Francis X. Taylor
Member
Francis X. Taylor was appointed the Chief Security Officer for
the General Electric Company on March 7, 2005. He is responsible for overseeing GE’s global security operations and crisis management processes.
Mark A. Robbins
Executive Director
Prior to taking this position, he served as General Counsel at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 2001 to 2006, and on the Bush-Cheney transition team in 2000.
He previously served as Deputy Associate Director for Presidential Personnel at the White House during the Reagan Administration (1984-88), and as a Legislative Assistant to Congressmen David Dreier (1982-84) and John H. Rousselot (1979-82), both of California.
OMG!!!! These are the ones supposedly providing independent oversight of bushco???????
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