How nice! He didn't even have to stuff them down his pants:
Personal data, including Social Security numbers of 26.5 million U.S. veterans, was stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee this month after he took the information home without authorization, the department said Monday.
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[Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim] Nicholson declined to comment on the specifics of the incident, which involved a mid-level career employee who had taken the information home to suburban Maryland — on disks, according to congressional sources who were briefed on the incident — to work on a department project.The residential community had been a target of a series of burglaries and the employee was victimized earlier this month, according to the FBI in Baltimore, which was investigating the incident.
The material represents personal data of all living veterans who served and have been discharged since 1976, according to the department. The information was included in the veterans' discharge summary that goes into a government database.
Burglars always go straight for the computer disks. That's why we stopped gluing diamonds on ours and keeping them in a jewelry box. I imagine they'll be taking a hard look at the zealous mid-level career employee.
Also, it's good of John Kerry to offer to come out legislating over this on the behalf of veterans. It's unclear if his own records were affected, as his discharge date remains a baffling mystery.
There'd have to be some really strong proof to satisfy me that this employee didn't "sell out" with the cover of a burglary. Even if he/she did - it's in the "PC stable" that no one will ever be tried if they commit treason.
Posted by: chrys at May 23, 2006 12:42 AMyeah..my crap is in there..who cares, I didn't marry a ketchup princess, besides..living in Florida my biggest concern now is hording generators to sell in a few weeks. That and 'immaculate domain' (cleaning up the crib for insurance pictures) issues...
So, first I was told my records were lost in a flood, then burned in the Great Fire..now stolen
from Mr. Diligent (the real info-mercial).
What rakes my nads about Kerry and Murtha is this incessant lauding of the medals...I have friends who are much more heavily decorated (some are already at Bushnell) and they never mentioned it.
btw..did McCain get a bronze star for having his arms broken..repeatedly ? That's different than scratching the bottom of your deck shoes, right ?
Posted by: csason at May 23, 2006 07:29 AMThe magic cut-off date is '76. Maybe Kerry will get more vocal in an effort to personalize the issue.
Ah, well, bronze stars. They're really an all-purpose medal.
Yeah, the mid-level career guy looks awfully suspicious to me. That info's worth a lot of money. It was brought home on multiple disks. Even if burglars stole a computer that happened to have a disk inside, they'd not pick up the other disks.
Posted by: Donnah at May 23, 2006 09:44 AM