The White House is “actively working on” the list of members of the surveillance review panel,nDeputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Friday in Binghamton, N.Y. “I don’t want to set antimeline for that now because I don’t know when they're going to be done, but it's something that they'renactively working on.” He called the panel “an important part” of the reforms President Barack Obamanpledged earlier this month, intended to make U.S. surveillance activities more transparent and give themnmore oversight. ABC News reported four unconfirmed names expected to be named to the panel Thursday,nwhich prompted criticism from observers that the group may be too full of White House insiders (CDnAug 23 p6). A White House spokeswoman told us Thursday the list would be released “soon.” Thengroup will offer the president surveillance reform recommendations, first within 60 days of its creationnand then by Dec. 15.
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