A government board created in 2004 that's supposed to protect Americans' privacy and civil liberties is being threatened with a return to obscurity because neither the executive branch nor Congress cares enough to nominate and approve board members. Presidents Bush and Obama both dragged their feet on even nominating board members to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and the Senate took years to approve the nominations.  It wasn't until the chairman was approved by the Senate in 2013 – nine years after the board was created – that the board began to do its job. Now, the only full-time board member, Chairman David Medine, announced his resignation effective this summer – a year and a half before his term is up.  Privacy and civil liberties groups, who have praised the work by Medine and other board members, are now concerned that the group will once again fall back into obscurity unless President Obama names a new...(Read Full Post)