SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 18 submissions in the queue.
SoylentNews
posted by
martyb
on Saturday October 03 2015, @03:35PM
from the someone-is-going-to-have-a-very-bad-day dept.
from the someone-is-going-to-have-a-very-bad-day dept.
The Secret Service thought we all needed a reminder that databases of personal information will be exploited for political gain. The chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, was leading the investigation into one of the recent cases of Secret Service misconduct. Agents within the service accessed records concerning Chaffetz' application to the Secret Service (which was not acted upon) and then disseminated that information within the agency and talked to the press about it.
The full Inspector General's report (pdf) is available.
Will Chaffetz learn from his experience and strengthen privacy laws for regular citizens?
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
US Secret Service Violated Privacy Policy to Embarrass Congressman
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 8 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
Your lucky number is 3552664958674928. Watch for it everywhere.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday October 03 2015, @04:56PM
They don't need no steenking Checks & Balances!
This sort of thing is another government institution losing the illusion of competence and accountability. The only ones I can think of that I still have a decent opinion of are NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF), though perhaps there are Soylentils with personal experience with those agencies who know differently.
Washington DC delenda est.