Monday, October 27, 2008

"Joe the Plumber" Database Snooping Under Investigation

Welcome to 1984: "Joe the Plumber" database snooping under investigation.

"In the days following the debate, The Columbus Dispatch reported this weekend, Wurzelbacher's file at the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles was accessed three times. The information requests came from accounts associated with the office of the state attorney general, the Toledo Police Department, and the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency. The attorney general's office has said, however, that the request did not come from their office, but from a 'test account' used by their IT division and shared with other law enforcement agencies."

McCain officials were quick to blame Obama supporters, I assume by just making stuff up.

"Earlier this year, the passport records of Obama, McCain, and several other prominent public officials were improperly accessed by State Department employees and contractors. While two were fired over the incident, investigators appear to have concluded that the improper queries were the result of prurient curiosity rather than any effort to mount a political attack."

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