CIA appoints full-time privacy, civil liberties officer

April 23, 2016 02:07

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) today announced to appoint a full-time privacy and civil liberties officer, who the top spy agency said would ensure that all its missions, programmes, activities, policies and technologies protect privacy and civil liberties.

While this post has existed before, CIA Director John Brennan announced Benjamin T Huebner, roped in from the Department of Justice, would be the spy agency's first full- time privacy and civil liberties officer.

Huebner is scheduled to join his new duties on May 16.

In addition to fulfilling requirements established by statute, regulation and policy, Huebner will be CIA's primary liaison with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and will serve as the designated CIA Senior Agency Official for Privacy as well as the Information Sharing Environment Privacy Official, a media release said.

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