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Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« on: October 25, 2008, 05:48:00 AM »
Hmmm . . . maybe someone in the Dems' Senators' offices ordered this?  Or in Obama's campaign?


Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber

Investigators trying to determine whether access was illegal
Friday,  October 24, 2008 8:57 PM
By Randy Ludlow

The Columbus Dispatch

"State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber."

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama.

The 34-year-old from the Toledo suburb of Holland is held out by McCain as an example of an American who would be harmed by Obama's tax proposals.

Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport-utility vehicle was pulled from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times shortly after the debate.

Information on Wurzelbacher was accessed by accounts assigned to the office of Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers, the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Toledo Police Department.



As Coach says, oh my.

Oh my, indeed.

The rest of the article is at:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/24/joe.html?sid=101

(PS--for those who expect me to be in the woods now, I've got two deteriorating discs in my back, and I'm resting them this week.  Besides, we're supposed to have rain, and a back injury while it's wet is not fun.)
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2008, 10:41:08 AM »
We all know that this is probably likely. Nothing will be done about it because the Dems are without fault....... or readily forgiven for their crimes   :whatever:
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2008, 12:28:47 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on October 25, 2008, 05:48:00 AM
Hmmm . . . maybe someone in the Dems' Senators' offices ordered this?  Or in Obama's campaign?


Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber

Investigators trying to determine whether access was illegal
Friday,  October 24, 2008 8:57 PM
By Randy Ludlow

The Columbus Dispatch

"State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber."

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama.

The 34-year-old from the Toledo suburb of Holland is held out by McCain as an example of an American who would be harmed by Obama's tax proposals.

Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport-utility vehicle was pulled from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times shortly after the debate.

Information on Wurzelbacher was accessed by accounts assigned to the office of Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers, the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Toledo Police Department.



As Coach says, oh my.

Oh my, indeed.

The rest of the article is at:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/24/joe.html?sid=101

(PS--for those who expect me to be in the woods now, I've got two deteriorating discs in my back, and I'm resting them this week.  Besides, we're supposed to have rain, and a back injury while it's wet is not fun.)

We should be hearing the condemnation of this incident from the Obama camp any minute now....yup...any minute.















M'kay, maybe it's measured in business minutes... :confused:
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2008, 01:57:38 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on October 25, 2008, 05:48:00 AM
(PS--for those who expect me to be in the woods now, I've got two deteriorating discs in my back, and I'm resting them this week.  Besides, we're supposed to have rain, and a back injury while it's wet is not fun.)

Sorry to hear that.
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2008, 03:21:13 PM »
Freaking DUP!
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2008, 11:15:51 AM »
Probably low level abuse by county employees reading for their own amusement.

But it does fit the Obamafurers MO pretty neatly.    He no longer needs to order this done, but it gets done quickly for him none the less.

I work in a big bank, and we have lots of hollywood types with accounts there.  (I have had reason to access a few of them myself)   If you access the account of a person with sufficient notoriety at the bank, you get a phone call from information security asking why.   And you had better have a good reason for accessing the information you looked at.    In my case I was working Currency Transaction Reporting, and the hollywood types had withdrawn large sums of money so it was part of my job to look at those accounts.  But if you look at one of them without reason, according to the employee manual, they will terminate you and turn you over for prosecution.
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2008, 01:25:31 PM »
Quote from: Baruch Menachem on October 26, 2008, 11:15:51 AM
.  But if you look at one of them without reason, according to the employee manual, they will terminate you and turn you over for prosecution.

I worked for the LA Dept of Revenue. We could not give out any information regarding another taxpayer or corporation. I know of one case where a woman got fired because she made the mistake of telling the Judge how much her ex reported on his state income tax return. 
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2008, 09:32:55 AM »
Obama Campaign Worker:
 "Hey, Joe/ Joette, see what kind of dirt you can dig up on Joe the Plumber. If you find any, let us know. But, if you do, we'll deny any knowledge of any transgressions of the law.

Civil Servant:
OK, I'll see what I can do. Anything for the Obamassiah.
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2008, 10:29:48 AM »
Just more proof that the Democrats will use every dirty trick they can to try to win.
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2008, 10:38:39 AM »
It's only dirty tricks when the Republicans do it. If the Dims do it, then it is just uncovering the facts.
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2008, 09:08:40 AM »
Now on Michelle Malkin's site:  Ohio official who snooped Joe the Plumber's records is an Obama donor

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/28/ohio-official-who-snooped-joe-the-plumbers-records-is-an-obama-donor/
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2008, 09:47:00 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on October 28, 2008, 09:08:40 AM
Now on Michelle Malkin's site:  Ohio official who snooped Joe the Plumber's records is an Obama donor

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/28/ohio-official-who-snooped-joe-the-plumbers-records-is-an-obama-donor/

Like THAT'S a surprise......  ::)
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2008, 10:32:39 AM »
Quote from: Thor on October 28, 2008, 09:47:00 AM
Like THAT'S a surprise......  ::)

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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2008, 06:00:53 PM »
if only it said obama staffer, that could mean something
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2008, 06:26:20 PM »
With the rabid Obamanism, ALL Obama-ites "work" for the Obamassiah!! Didn't you KNOW that ?!!?!?!??
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Re: Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
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