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Identity Theft Victim StoriesPrivacy Rights Clearinghousewww.privacyrights.orgWritten Testimony of Michelle Brown U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING on the JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY, TERRORISM AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATIONSenator Jon Kyl, Chairman Senator Dianne Feinstein"Identity Theft: How to Protect and Restore Your Good Name" July 12, 2000Written Testimony of Michelle Brown Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, it is my pleasure to submit testimony to your committee today and hope that my presence will shed some light on the invasive crime known as Identity Theft.My name is Michelle Brown, I am 29 years old, and currently reside in a respectable community in the...

                                                                                                                           06/08/2002 Fox and Freinds just presented a segment on a new airline safety measure that is supposed to go into effect almost immiediately.  Trying to catch most the information as they presented it quickly, I may have percieved this incorrectly, but I don't believe so.  Here's the plan.The airlines are going to start running fairly extensive credit checks on passengers.  If you book a flight, they will access your credit report and scour the thing for any clues.  It was mentioned that they are going to be looking for residence stability, purchases, payment history and other items that went by...