In August, a group of local and state officials, led by State Senator Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, wrote to Governor Spitzer, urging him to appoint the task force.
The White House appointed the task force this summer in response to a torrent of leaks by Snowden that have produced unprecedented disclosures about secret NSA surveillance programs, including the bulk collection of domestic telephone data records.
"If he is allowed to sit on the experts' council [which has the task of appointing the next supreme leader], the moderate faction including Rouhani is going to confidently say the line they pursued has yielded positive results," Geranmayeh said.
That deflated any hopes for a more powerful or immediate role for the conference, even if its specific task of appointing the transitional council remains important.
Some analysts have suggested that the criticism of Hashemi is in fact aimed at undermining her father because of his success in recent elections for the assembly of experts, which is tasked with appointing the next supreme leader.
He would be the 11th man appointed to the task since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
"Knowledge of some basic German is an advantage but not required," says the International Business Academy appointed for the task.
A retired high court judge has been appointed for the task and is expected to submit a report within two months.
But it was at Broadmoor, where Savile regularly watched female patients undress to bathe, that his influential position was sanctioned at the highest level when he was appointed to the task force in 1988.
In January, Apple eventually recognised the need for independent audits and appointed to the task the Fair Labour Association, which was established by a coalition of universities, charities and businesses to clean up the garment trade, but is now turning its attention for the first time to the electronics industry.
