Lanny Davis
Lanny J. Davis resigned May 14, 2007, as a Member of the White House Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The only Democratic member, and a former Clinton White House official, Davis "sent a letter to the White House and his fellow board members protesting the panel's lack of independence." [1] "Though mandated by law in late 2004, the board was not sworn in until March 2006, due to inaction on the part of the White House and Congress."[2]
Davis was appointed June 10, 2005, by President George W. Bush to be a Member of the Board, which was recommended in the July 22, 2004, report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission)[3].
At the time of his appointment, Davis was a Partner with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP in Washington, D.C. Davis, "once a crisis manager in the Clinton White House," served as Special Counsel to President Bill Clinton at the White House from 1996 to 1998. [4]
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Lobbying for the Honduran Gorillas
Davis has taken on a role lobbying for the coup leaders in Honduras, popularly referred to as the gorillas. Paul Jay writes:
- Now, Davis should know something about apologies and apologists as well. TheHill.com reported that Davis led a lobbying effort against deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on behalf of Honduran business leaders. This is in defense of a regime that came to power in an illegal coup and is killing journalists and activists. Hmmm . . . defending those that kill activists . . .[5]
Affiliations
- The Israel Project – former senior adviser
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External links
- Lanny J. Davis, "Liberal McCarthyism. Bigotry and hate aren't just for right-wingers anymore," WSJ OpinionJournal, August 8, 2006.
- Justin Rood, "WH Panel, Miming Oversight on NSA," TPMmuckraker, November 28, 2006.
- Ryan Singel, "Bush 'Privacy Board' Just a Gag," WIRED, December 6, 2006.
- Michael Isikoff, "Bloody Monday. In a blow to the Bush administration, the deputy attorney general and the only Democrat on the White House's Privacy and Civil Liberties Board have resigned," Newsweek (MSNBC), May 14, 2007.
