Facebook hires a former foe as Washington lobbyist

Timothy Sparapani, who previously was an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, will now be responsible for shaping Washington's view of social-networking site Facebook. As a prominent privacy advocate, Timothy Sparapani, former senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, argued that Internet companies had too much control over consumers' data. The self-described "privacy zealot" didn't join Facebook until seven months ago because he was uneasy about revealing personal information on the site.