I couldn't make this stuff up...

From this news story (emphasis mine):

A White House privacy board is giving its stamp of approval to two of the Bush administration's controversial surveillance programs — electronic eavesdropping and financial tracking — and says they do not violate citizens' civil liberties.

After operating mostly in secret for a year, the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Board is preparing to release its first report to Congress next week.

The fact of secret White House privacy boards is news. The fact that they are peachy keen with secret Bush spying stuff is not.