80% of the active military could now be affected by the stolen VA information? This is getting huge:
Social Security numbers and other personal information for as many as 2.2 million U.S. military personnel — including nearly 80 percent of the active-duty force — were among the data stolen from the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs analyst last month, federal officials said yesterday, raising concerns about national security as well as identity theft.
The department announced that personal data for as many as 1.1 million active-duty military personnel, 430,000 National Guard members and 645,000 reserve members may have been included on an electronic file stolen May 3 from a department employee’s house in Aspen Hill. The stolen data include names, birth dates and Social Security numbers, VA spokesman Matt Burns said.
Why in the hell is Senate not working on coming up with something to remedy this situation and make good by our troops on what has happened? Yeah the Republicans support our troops my ass. Instead they choose to waste time debating this losing issue of a gay marriage amendment to appease a small percentage of their base. Hey Senator Frist – The military ranks above your base and you should be pandering to them right now.