Veterans Official Steps Down After Theft

Eugene

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Tue May-30-06 02:07 PM
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Veterans Official Steps Down After Theft

Veterans Official Steps Down After Theft

Tuesday May 30, 2006 7:46 PM

By HOPE YEN

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Veteran Affairs deputy assistant secretary who didn't immediately
notify top officials about a theft of 26.5 million veterans' personal information
is stepping down, citing missteps that led to the security breach.

Michael H. McLendon, deputy assistant secretary for policy, said Tuesday he would
relinquish his high-level post on Friday. McLendon supervised the VA data analyst
who lost the data and is the first official to leave after VA Secretary Jim Nicholson
pledged to hold officials accountable after the May 3 burglary, in which a government-
owned laptop and disks were stolen from an agency analyst's home in Maryland.

"Words are inadequate to describe how I feel about these recent events and the impact
on the band of brothers and sisters of service members and veterans that we are supposed
to serve," McLendon wrote in a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5855064,00.html

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gratuitous

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Tue May-30-06 02:15 PM
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1. This qualifies as news

Mostly because the standard procedure when someone screws up is to deny, delay, and hope it goes away. And unfortuntely, that happens with alarming regularity. I don't condone what McLendon did in losing the records he lost, but it is to his credit that he's resigning with an appropriate level of contrition and regret.

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dysfunctional press

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Tue May-30-06 02:28 PM
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2. he doesn't need the job...

considering the paycheck he probably got for selling all that info.

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NYC

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Tue May-30-06 04:15 PM
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4. McLendon is not the one who actually lost the info.

...McLendon supervised the VA data analyst
who lost the data ...

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dysfunctional press

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Tue May-30-06 05:33 PM
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7. my mistake...

perhaps.

it only takes two to make a conspiracy...and besides, anyone associated with this regime can't help but share the taint.

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NYC

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Tue May-30-06 05:40 PM
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8. He admitted to sharing the blame because he was

in a position of responsibility. His was one of the few apologies that sounded sincere. I don't imagine he is the only one in the chain of command who is responsible.

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Nickster

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Tue May-30-06 02:43 PM
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3. So when exactly is Nicholson stepping down? n/t

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Rex

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Tue May-30-06 04:21 PM
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5. deputy assistant secretary for policy

So a nobody steps down...ho hum.

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DemInDistress

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Tue May-30-06 04:32 PM
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6. will he too be given a "Medal Of Freedom?" seems the bigger

the fuck up the better the chances of receiving that wonderful honor..

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