in october 2009, liz cheney, william kristol, and deborah burlingame launched, as board members, a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization called keep america safe. the group's stated purpose is to "provide information for concerned americans about critical national security issues". the organization drew strong criticism from conservative lawyers, many of whom had worked for the bush administration, after its campaign against "the al qaeda 7", seven justice department lawyers in the obama administration that previously had worked as defense lawyers for guantanamo detainees. shortly after, all public information about the organization disappeared from the internet.