Steve Chapman on the Bipartisan Commission Ruse

This week, the
little-known Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board issued an
analysis concluding that the National Security Agency’s domestic
phone records surveillance program is illegal and ineffectual. Know
what else is ineffectual? Recommendations from groups like these.
Steve Chapman says bipartisan panels are the equivalent of those
participation trophies handed out to every kid who plays in a
sports league. They look nice on the shelf, but you can’t take them
seriously.

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