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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Sun Sep 2, 2018, 07:02 AM Sep 2018

USPS illegally gave confidential document to Paul Ryan's Super-PAC in deal to end investigation.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/1/1792648/-White-House-delays-Senate-USPS-hearing-after-USPS-gave-Dem-candidate-s-SF86-to-GOP-oppo-research-grp

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Summary:

Step 1: There is a Senate hearing on the practices of USPS and Amazon.

Step 2: USPS delivers a confidential document with sensitive information about a democratic candidate to Paul Ryan's Super-PAC. An unredacted document this Super-PAC had no right to obtain with a FOIA.

Step 3: The report and the next hearing have been postponed indefinitely.

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USPS illegally gave confidential document to Paul Ryan's Super-PAC in deal to end investigation. (Original Post) DetlefK Sep 2018 OP

Is our USPS inflitrated by the same kind of malevolence that infiltrated the Baitball Blogger Sep 2018 #1

Can someone please explain why it was the USPS that had this document and information? Pachamama Sep 2018 #2

Apparently she briefly worked for them. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2018 #3

How does that give USPS access to her full document? Delmette2.0 Sep 2018 #4

She filled one out for the USPS job. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2018 #5

So? Delmette2.0 Sep 2018 #6

Baitball Blogger

(46,735 posts)

1. Is our USPS inflitrated by the same kind of malevolence that infiltrated the

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:17 AM

Sep 2018

Chamber and Rotary Club, using these organizagtions to network in ways that undermine policy and fairness?

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)

2. Can someone please explain why it was the USPS that had this document and information?

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:42 AM

Sep 2018

I feel like I am missing something here and was even confused the first time last week when on Rachel Maddow she was talking about this and interviewed the person whose info was released. She didn't work for the USPS from what I understand. So how is it that the USPS handles this info?

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

3. Apparently she briefly worked for them. nt

Reply to Pachamama (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 09:13 AM

Sep 2018

Delmette2.0

(4,166 posts)

4. How does that give USPS access to her full document?

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 09:36 AM

Sep 2018

I smell a set up. Even if the set up is against Amazon, the Post Office will lose. They have that huge prepaid retirement fund someone wants to get their hands on.

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

5. She filled one out for the USPS job. nt

Reply to Delmette2.0 (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 12:57 PM

Sep 2018

Delmette2.0

(4,166 posts)

6. So?

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 04:04 PM

Sep 2018

USPS would only have to verify the information she put down concerning her employment with USPS. If she applied for a position with USPS after all her other jobs, then the manager would only be told that she passed the background and security clearance criteria.

If USPS or any government agency always received a copy of potential and former employees then what is the point of calling the process confidential?

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