Obama appoints Ploughshares board member Chuck Hagel to intelligence board

President Barack Obama has tapped Ploughshares Fund board member Chuck Hagel to co-chair  the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. Historically, the intelligence panel has conducted investigations into intelligence breaches and failures, including on possible civil liberties violations, while also offering advice on how intelligence agencies could be improved and consolidated.

"Chuck understands that accurate and timely intelligence is essential for effective foreign policy," said the President.  "He served for many years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and six years on the Senate Elect Committee on Intelligence.  And I came to appreciate his sound judgments in our travels together overseas, including to Iraq and Afghanistan."