Secret Service Violated Privacy Law to Shame Lawmaker

Posted by 20tibbygt06 on Thursday October 01, 2015 @10:31PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/watchdog-top-secret-service-official-wanted-information-about-chaffetz-made-public/2015/09/30/ff280378-67ae-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html

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Re:Secret Service Violated Privacy Law to Shame Lawmaker by a3n on Thursday October 01, 2015 @10:50PM (#10316424)

They had access to his SS personnel records, because he had applied to join the SS. If he hadn't applied, they wouldn't be able to attempt to smear him.

So the only thing keeping an agency from thuggery is access to information.

What thuggery is being practiced by the NSA and other agencies with access to information?

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Re:Secret Service Violated Privacy Law to Shame Lawmaker by 20tibbygt06 on Thursday October 01, 2015 @10:34PM (#10316342)

Here is the pdf report:

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_U.S.%20new...

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