Bush Admin. Appoints Civil-Liberties Officer

Zephyros writes "The WSJ reports that the Bush administration has appointed a Civil Liberties Protection Officer in order to assuage the public's privacy concerns. From the article: 'As the son of a U.S. aid worker stationed in Guatemala during the 1970s civil war, Alex Joel recalls being unable to tell the good guys from the bad as both armed soldiers and civilians alike would order his family out of their car to search it. Those first-hand brushes with totalitarianism, says Mr. [Alex] Joel, have led him to take the rights of individuals very seriously.' It remains to be seen how effective he will be, but at least they're recognizing the concern."

Comments

Any bests?

[Moby Cock]

Any bets on how long it will take bloggers to dig up dirt on this guy? The Bush adminstration has never done anything for altruistic reasons and this appointment is no different.

The real reason

[Guppy06]

With McClellan kicked to the curb, the administration has to find some other fool for that thankless job. This new position allows one person to focus exclusively on denying and/or declining comment on civil rights abuses, while the new press secretary can focus more on denying and/or declining comment on other topics, like corruption, nuking Iran, etc.

But a senior henhouse official,

[dpbsmith]

speaking off the record, said "I, for one, welcome our new canid overlords."