President Barack Obama has tapped Ploughshares Fund board member Chuck Hagel [2] 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.
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[1] https://ploughshares.org/file/1230
[2] http://ploughshares.org/about-us/senator-chuck-hagel
[3] http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-meeting-with-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board-co-chairmen-a
[4] http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28832.html