A draft of the legislation seen by CNET News.com states that the Secretary of Homeland Security must appoint a privacy officer to ensure that new technologies "sustain and do not erode" privacy protections and to verify that the agency's massive databases operate within federal guidelines.
On Tuesday, the Bush administration told a House subcommittee that it was open to the idea, which key legislators have endorsed.
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