[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]The Hits Just Keep On Comin' .... Well ... this is just great. Someone needs to go to jail (won't happen) or 
... be held accountable:
Thieves Steal Personal Data of 26.5M Vets[/FONT]
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May 22, 6:54 PM (ET)
By HOPE YEN[/FONT]
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(AP) Attorney Gen. Alberto Gonzales, center, left, answers questions from the media at the Justice Department ...
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[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]WASHINGTON (AP) - 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.
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]The information involved mainly those veterans who served and have been discharged since 1975, said VA Secretary Jim Nicholson. Data of veterans discharged before 1975 who submitted claims to the agency may have been included.
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"It's highly probable that they (the thieves) do not know what they have," (note to self: wanna' bet???) he said in a briefing with reporters. "We have decided that we must exercise an abundance of caution and make sure our veterans are aware of this incident."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]Veterans advocates expressed alarm.
[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"This was a very serious breach of security for American veterans and their families," said Bob Wallace, executive director of Veterans of Foreign Wars. "We want the VA to show leadership, management and accountability for this breach."
for the whole article: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060522/D8HP42JG0.html
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... be held accountable:Thieves Steal Personal Data of 26.5M Vets[/FONT]
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May 22, 6:54 PM (ET)
By HOPE YEN[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif](AP) Attorney Gen. Alberto Gonzales, center, left, answers questions from the media at the Justice Department ...
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[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]WASHINGTON (AP) - 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.
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]The information involved mainly those veterans who served and have been discharged since 1975, said VA Secretary Jim Nicholson. Data of veterans discharged before 1975 who submitted claims to the agency may have been included.
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"It's highly probable that they (the thieves) do not know what they have," (note to self: wanna' bet???) he said in a briefing with reporters. "We have decided that we must exercise an abundance of caution and make sure our veterans are aware of this incident."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]Veterans advocates expressed alarm.
[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]"This was a very serious breach of security for American veterans and their families," said Bob Wallace, executive director of Veterans of Foreign Wars. "We want the VA to show leadership, management and accountability for this breach."
for the whole article: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060522/D8HP42JG0.html
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