[Alberta's Child]

Also, his contribution was illegally revealed by a malicious hack and publicized by the UK Guardian, a far-LEFT newspaper. This deprived him of a chance to have the matter handled internally with potential of lesser punishments.

I’d be curious to see the details of this. There may be more to that story than what you posted. One of the problems you potentially face when you use an e-mail address when answering this kind of solicitation is that the organization collecting the donations will often end up sending you endless solicitations via e-mail … and then even selling your address to other organizations for THEIR fundraising. Once that happens, your e-mail address and domain may as well be public information because there’s no telling who has access to it.

[Paleo Conservative]

I’d be curious to see the details of this. There may be more to that story than what you posted. One of the problems you potentially face when you use an e-mail address when answering this kind of solicitation is that the organization collecting the donations will often end up sending you endless solicitations via e-mail … and then even selling your address to other organizations for THEIR fundraising. Once that happens, your e-mail address and domain may as well be public information because there’s no telling who has access to it.

If I were a police officer, I would have my own personal email address separate from the police department email address. I would never make any political contribution using a work email address, especially if I were a civil servant.