Trouble on the Technology Review Team

A couple of weeks ago, I criticized Obama's choices for the technology and government policy review team on the grounds that they were all technology experts, and knew next to nothing about government reform. Now, one of the members of that team, Google executive Sonal Shah, is under fire from conservative and liberal pundits for her involvement with the American arm of an Indian charity that has a poor reputation when it comes to how it views Christians and Muslims. Lost In Transition's Deron Lee reports that she made a Nov. 11 statement saying she is not involved in Indian politics, but the timing, after last month's terrorist attacks on Mumbai, probably mean that the policy review team won't catapult Shah to a higher position.