Posted on 01/06/2023 12:59:32 PM PST by Magnatron
When the House Jan. 6 committee released hundreds of documents from its investigation online at the end of the year, it inadvertently made public nearly 2,000 Social Security numbers belonging to high profile individuals who visited the White House in December 2020, according to a report.
The Washington Post reported Friday that the leaked Social Security information was included in a spreadsheet buried within the "massive cache" of records from the committee's work. Social Security numbers belonging to at least three members of Trump's cabinet, a few Republican governors, and several Trump associates were reportedly compromised. The data was part of the White House visitor logs published by the committee.
While many Social Security numbers in the logs were redacted, the Post reported that around 1,900 of them were not. The Government Publishing Office (GPO), which was responsible for publishing the file, does not appear to have notified any of the individuals whose private information was released, the report said.
Those whose Social Security information was made public include South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) and her family, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R), former Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson.
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Another democrat code word: Inadvertently to cause harm to
others.
-PJ
I second that emotion.
“Yes. We can play that game too.”
Only way that’s happening is when we get the RINO’s out of Congress.
“inadvertently”
Riiiight
Hell. Up until at least the 90s the Military Commissary more or less forced you to have both yours and spouse SSN PRINTED on checks or they would not accept them.
Inadvertently???
They misspelled "deliberately".
SMH
“I don’t think it is Constitutionally possible to sue Congress for anything. Congress claims ‘sovereign immunity’ and then there’s separation of powers business. Congress apparently can do whatever it pleases and no one can do anything about it, except, perhaps for a later Congress.”
They could libel anybody. They could read aloud or insert someone’s address, phone number, and medical records into the Congressional Record and the only thing that could be done about it would be impeachment - by the House. Yeah, that’ll happen.
And even worse, actual harm (damage) has to be demonstrated. you get nowhere with “could foreseeably cause damage”.
Outrageously incompetent! Why are they never held accountable?
Voters, you need to vote more carefully.
Used to be in Indiana that you SSN was your driver’s license number.
They could libel anybody. They could read aloud or insert someone’s address, phone number, and medical records into the Congressional Record and the only thing that could be done about it would be impeachment - by the House. Yeah, that’ll happen.
And no, members of Congress are not subject to impeachment. They can be removed by their voters in the next election or if their house votes by 2/3rds majority, they can be expelled. But nothing could stop them for running for the old seat and according to SCOTUS, they would have to be seated. See the case of Adam Clayton Powell.
It was a different time and different place, around 1970-1971 . . .
SMH
Accidentally on purpose, is what we said back in the day in Western PA!
Biden’s U of Delaware records are sealed too, IIRC.
They are also protected from arrest for most crimes travelling to and from Congress. The Founders were a bit too obsessed with the King’s wrongs, and therefore the President. We now see how corrupt and tyrannical Congress is. The Founders were still fighting the last war, so to speak, when they decided to protect Congress from the Executive.
“inadvertently”
Perhaps in your case, but CLEARLY designed to SEND A MESSAGE to anyone who ever considers helping a MAGA type again.
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