A thought-provoking article from Wired give a number of different people's take on the appointment of Nuala O'Connor Kelly (formerly of DoubleClick) to the position of Chief Privacy Officer at the Department of Homeland Security.

The reviews so far are mixed, but she hasn't really had the opportunity to do anything yet.

The big question will be whether she uses her experience and influence to change the system to protect privacy or to make the systems privacy concerns appear to be more than what they are.