Posted on 09/27/2005 9:37:55 PM PDT by smoothsailing
I have her memorized : )
Coastal Dems are missing the boat. In SD, the state's big newspaper does the dumpster diving on Republicans so that the Daschle Dems can keep their hands clean.
Yes, this is low...even for Democrats...but dumpster-diving isn't illegal. Depositing trash in a collection area constitutes abandonment. There is no assurance of privacy at all once that has occurred. That's why you're supposed to use shredders, people. (And don't forget to mix up the shreddings with goodies from the critter litter box for color.)
Under federal law, it is illegal to knowingly and willfully obtain a credit report under false pretenses. The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act imposes a maximum two-year prison sentence for the crime.
This is a crime, however...JFK
All the same, dumpster-diving still isn't a crime.
And aroma.
The actual crime here is knowingly obtaining a credit report under false pretenses.
i do wish she'd not tried to be clever, it will simply drown her in a flood of nitpicks about how this isn't dumpster diving.
We need to compile all these incidents at one web address so Repubs can pull out the litany the next time the MSM & Dems jump all over a minor Repub infraction.
Good defense means good offense!
Under Fed law, knowingly and unlawfuly obtaining 900+ FBI files is illegal. And the FBI is NOT INTERESTED!!!!!!! Junior Sen. from N.Y. included!
Whats really great about this one is that the credit bureaus can go back and track which company requested the credit report on Steele or anyone else and they can then track it back to a specific individual who forged the written release for such information (since nobody which credit bureau access would be dumb enough to just do this with a paper trail to cover their butt). And once the company who requested the illegal record is located, they get audited by the credit bureau and all of the other requests they submitted with also be investigated. So not only will we have the illegal access of the record, but a forgery somewhere which can be analyzed for handwriting to link it to a specific criminal-to-be and we get the list of other victims. The credit bureaus are going to want to cooperate on this one to ensure that Congress doesn't pass more idiotic laws making it even harder for LEGAL access to these files.
And.....the real kicker is that in 1999 the Financial Privacy Information Act passed which allows private citizens to SUE FOR DAMAGES for illegal access of their private records - just for situations like this. So Steele can file suit and just start deposing people right and left. It could be an absolute Paula Jones trial but with real consequences this time.
"Chuckaquiddick"......I like it! Sure beats the obvious and banal "Schumergate"
The mainstream media can get downright snotty when it is revealed that THEY are covering up any reporting on "dirty tricks" by the very partisan politicians whom they support.
The Dem'crat senatorial campaign committee is practicing abuse of Social Security numbers for purposes other than legitimate provisions of the law, and the ACLU says NOTHING? States are not even allowed to use the Social Security number in conjunction with issuance of driver's licenses, and it may appear nowhere on voter rolls in any jurisdiction. And worse, the abuse is being perpetrated on behalf of Chuck Schumer, who evidently sincerely believes that the restrictions do not apply to HIM.
Even Medicare has ceased issuing cards that have the beneficiary's Social Security number, instead issuing a SECONDARY number that is put down on all the filings for claims.
This is a story I want to keep up with.If you see anything more about this,please ping me!
FRegards...
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