President Barack Obama nominated Elisabeth Cook to continue...

President Barack Obama nominated Elisabeth Cook to continue her membership on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Cook is an attorney with Wilmer Hale and has sat on PCLOB since August 2012. Cook’s reappointment nomination, sent to the Senate Tuesday night, would place her on the board through Jan. 29, 2020. PCLOB, an independent body within the executive branch, has four part-time members and a full-time chairman and is investigating surveillance practices, with the intent to submit recommendations to Obama.