President Donald Trump on Monday terminated three Democrats from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, as part of the president’s sweeping recalibration of government entities aimed at internal transparency.
The terminations include chair Sharon Bradford Franklin and commissioners Ed Felten and Travis LeBlanc, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board spokesperson Alan Silverleib confirmed in a statement. Removals from the board, which already has an open Republican seat, could also signal an extended period of dormancy for the independent watchdog.
Leblanc called the decision a “setback” for government transparency.
“Today, I regret that the Board’s partisan shift will ultimately undermine ...
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