Via the AP Personal data, including the Social Security numbers of 28,000 sailors and members of their families, have been found on a civilian Web site, triggering a criminal investigation. The Navy said Friday the information was in five documents and included people’s names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. Navy spokesman Lt. Justin Cole […]
And the numbers keep growing and growing and growing. A laptop containing the Social Security numbers and other personal data of 13,000 District of Columbia employees and retirees has been stolen, officials said. The computer was stolen Monday from the Washington home of an employee of ING U.S. Financial Services, said officials with the company, […]
Wow it is nice that we are so much safer since 9/11 and the creation of the super-bureaucratic Department of Homeland Security: A computer hacker stole 1,500 files containing sensitive personnel information on contractors and employees who work for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the agency within the Department of Energy in charge of overseeing […]
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 […]
Stories like this are just way to common anymore: Thieves took sensitive personal information on 26.5 million U.S. veterans, including Social Security numbers and birth dates, after a Veterans Affairs employee improperly brought the material home, the government said Monday. The information involved mainly those veterans who served and have been discharged since 1975, said […]
This is flat out wrong and needs investigated: Millions of Social Security numbers are now in the hands of people who aren’t supposed to have them. It’s a big mistake leading straight back to one of the men running for Ohio Governor. The private records were mistakenly released by the Secretary of State’s office. Voter […]
While Bush is out to try and control the damage he has done lately, he is still making mistakes. One that really has gotten to me (and something I have followed very closely) is the debacle called Medicare. His defense has me really ticked off: “Any time Washington passes a new law, sometimes the transition […]
From Newsweek: If you read enough numbers, you never know what you’ll find. Take President Bush and private Social Security accounts. Last year, even though Bush talked endlessly about the supposed joys of private accounts, he never proposed a specific plan to Congress and never put privatization costs in the budget. But this year, with […]
Instead of sitting here typing out my analysis of Bush’s speech tonight, I feel better off directing you to Think Progress who has done an extraordinary job debunking the spin that Bush used during his address. Also, the AP has an interesting analysis of the address which you can view here. I do have to […]
With all the press on thedisastrous Medicare changes, isn’t it about time for Bush to go out and talk about his “great” plans he has for Social Security? Imagine the problems the nation would be facing if we let the Republicans get their hands on that government service? We would have seniors living in the […]