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Secret Service Employees Disciplined for Leaking Congressman's Application

posted by CoolHand on Friday May 27 2016, @07:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the big-brother-gets-a-spanking dept.

takyon writes:

Forty-one Secret Service employees are being disciplined for improperly accessing data about a Congressman who was investigating the multitude of scandals involving the Secret Service:

Forty-one employees of the Secret Service have been disciplined for improperly accessing data about Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the secretary of Homeland Security said Thursday. Secretary Jeh Johnson says the employee responsible for leaking that private information to the press has already resigned from the Secret Service.

[...] Johnson now says Chaffetz's files were accessed approximately 60 times, and that most of those occasions violated privacy laws. After investigating 57 Secret Service employees, 41 people will be disciplined — with punishments ranging from a letter of reprimand (for one employee) to suspensions without pay for up to 45 days.

Also at Reuters.

Previously: US Secret Service Violated Privacy Policy to Embarrass Congressman

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Snotnose on Friday May 27 2016, @11:40PM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Friday May 27 2016, @11:40PM (#351822)

    See also: Clinton, Hillary D. R.

    It scares the shit out of me that not only is she not rotting in a jail cell right now over her email BS, but she has a good chance of being president.

    / good thing I'm getting old
    // decent chance I'll be dead before things really go to hell
    /// decent chance I'll still be around when things really go to hell :(

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by ilPapa on Saturday May 28 2016, @02:06AM

    by ilPapa (2366) on Saturday May 28 2016, @02:06AM (#351849) Journal

    // decent chance I'll be dead before things really go to hell

    We're all rooting for you, brother.

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