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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

STRATEGIC GOAL 2: OVERSIGHT

Conduct effective oversight of executive branch authorities, policies, and activities related
to efforts to protect the nation against terrorism to ensure appropriate protection of
privacy and civil liberties.

OBJECTIVE 2.1:

Build and execute a diverse portfolio of oversight projects related to efforts to protect
the nation against terrorism and their implications for privacy and civil liberties.

OBJECTIVE 2.2:

Conduct professional, fact-based oversight that yields practicable and constructive
findings and recommendations.

In line with the agency’s second strategic goal, the Board has conducted vigorous oversight
of efforts by the executive branch to protect the nation against terrorism through its work
on both classified activities and the following previously disclosed oversight projects:
Ø In July 2019, the Board publicly issued the
most comprehensive inventory of active
oversight projects and other initiatives
ever released by the Board. This document
was updated in January 2020. Among the
oversight work announced was a project
titled, “From Booking to Baggage Claim,”
an examination of the use of facial
recognition and other biometric
technologies in aviation security, as well as
the disclosure for the first time of the
Board’s “deep dive” review, a National
Security Agency (“NSA”) capability known
as XKEYSCORE.

Ø In November 2019, Chairman Klein
testified before the Senate Judiciary
Committee NSA’s Call Detail Records
(“CDR”) program under the USA FREEDOM
Act of 2015. The Board also held a public
forum to hear from outside experts and

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