Politech: FC: Military fuming over web site with top brass SSNs

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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[Glen is a longtime politech member who has for years republished
government documents on his web site, www.glr.com (and www.glr.com/media).
Instead of kvetching about Glen, seems as though the Pentagon should blame
Congress for collecting SSNs and publishing them in the Congressional
Record which Glen reads. Security through obscurity isn't. Duh. --DBM]

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> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 14:30:59 -0500
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> From: e cummings <bernies () netaxs com>
> Subject: military fuming over website of top officials' SSN's
>
> hi declan,
>
> my friend glen roberts has stirred up a hornet's nest with the military and 
> secret service.
> check out the front page of today's wall street journal (column 4)
>
> in the article, a USMC Lieutenant General physically threatens Glen with "a 
> closed fist hit(ting) him upside the head"
> for republishing on his website congressional record info containing SSN's 
> of top U.S. Military officials whose identities
> were stolen by credit-card scammers.
>
> i can't sent you the WSJ article, but here's a good background article in 
> the Derrick, which is Glen's
> town paper in oil city, pa (near pittsburgh)
> http://www.thederrick.com/articles/showarticle.asp?t=ts&id=17545
>
>
> -ed cummings
> a.k.a. bernieS
> "CALEA's first casualty"
 


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