A group created at the recommendation of the 9/11 commission to ensure the protection of civil liberties in the wake of the "War on Terror," the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has never met.

On Tuesday, January 24th, the KBR division of Halliburton issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded them a contract to build "detention and processing ... facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."