Data of 26.5 Million U.S. Veterans Stolen, John Kerry Says:

kerrygoddess

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Data of 26.5 Million U.S. Veterans Stolen, John Kerry Says:

Data of 26.5 Million U.S. Veterans Stolen, John Kerry Says: �Someone Needs To Be Fired�
May 22nd, 2006 @ 12:43 pm

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In the news today, a computer disk with the personal data of approximately 26.5 million U.S. veterans has been stolen from the home of a Veterans Affairs analyst. The V.A. released this information today.

Senator John Kerry issued the following statement on the reports that the personal data of over 26 million U.S. military veterans has been stolen from the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs staffer. Kerry will be introducing legislation that requires the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a copy of the credit report to each veteran affected by the theft:

�If your credit card company or your doctor�s office lost your personal private information, you�d go ballistic. There�s no more personal and private information than a veteran�s medical information. This is no way to treat those who have worn the uniform of our country. Someone needs to be fired, the perpetrators need to be caught, and the security system at the V.A. needs to be massively overhauled.�

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fedupinBushcountry

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Mon May-22-06 04:44 PM
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1. Media write up

Personal Data of 26.5M Veterans Stolen

Personal data, including
Social Security numbers of 26.5 million U.S. veterans, was stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee this month after he took the information home
without authorization, the department said Monday.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said there was no evidence so far that the burglars who struck the employee's home have used the personal data ? or even know they have it. The employee, a data analyst whom Nicholson would not identify, has been placed on leave pending a review.

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Sen.
John Kerry , D-Mass., who is a Vietnam veteran, decried the breach and said he would introduce legislation to require the VA to provide credit reports to the veterans affected by the theft.

"This is no way to treat those who have worn the uniform of our country," Kerry said in a statement "Someone needs to be fired, the perpetrators need to be caught and the security system at the VA needs to be massively overhauled."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060522/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/veterans_disk

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ProSense

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Mon May-22-06 06:02 PM
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2. I'm speechlesss!

What the hell is going on with these people? Arrrrgh!

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kerrygoddess

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Mon May-22-06 06:35 PM
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3. This sure is a bizarre story.

Why did the guy take the data home?

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ProSense

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Mon May-22-06 06:42 PM
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4. It's very bizarre!

A big piece of this story is missing!

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fedupinBushcountry

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Mon May-22-06 07:15 PM
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5. Exactly

and I am sure that is what Kerry wants to know.

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