[DTogo]

John Kerry, trying to hide his records.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

HEADS BETTER ROLL

[Texas_Jarhead]

ah crap!

[melancton]

NSA surveillance operation?    

[exnavy]

WOW

[sageb1]

DNC looking for voters?

[ibheath]

Anybody know how I can find out if my info was in there??? This person should face criminal charges for taking the data home.

[Calpernia]

ping

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Bookmark for later reference if my dad's ID is stolen!

[areafiftyone]

MORE INFO FROM YAHOO:

US says personal data on millions of veterans stolen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Personal data on about 26.5 million U.S. military veterans was stolen from the residence of a Department of Veterans Affairs data analyst who improperly took the material home, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said on Monday.

The data included names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth for the veterans, Nicholson said, but "there is no indication at this time" that the data had been used for identify theft.

Nicholson said the theft of the data took place this month, but declined to identify the employee or the location of the burglary. "The employee has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. We have a full-scale investigation going on in this," Nicholson told reporters by telephone. He said the FBI, local law enforcement authorities and his department's inspector general's office were looking into the matter.

"They believe that this was a random burglary and not targeted at this data," Nicholson added, saying there had been a series of burglaries in the community where the employee lived.

Nicholson identified the employee only as a male career department worker, not a political appointee. He said the employee "took home a considerable amount of electronic data from the VA which he was not authorized to do. It was in violation of our rules and regulations and policies."

[John Jorsett]

Nicholson said the theft of the data took place this month, but declined to identify the employee

Sandy Berger's brother?

[dljordan]

"Personal data on about 26.5 million U.S. military veterans was stolen from the residence of a Department of Veterans Affairs data analyst who improperly took the material home, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said Monday."

Just happened to take it home and it gets stolen huh? I hope he gets reprimanded and has to take a couple of weekends without pay.

[tracer]

Today's phrase is "class action lawsuit."

Can you say it?

I knew you could....

[kenth]

but "there is no indication at this time" that the data had been used for identify theft.

That is, until ABC ran this story and the thieves realized what valuable information they have.

[maplenut]

More data for democrat voter registration files.

[atomicpossum]

Stolen, my behind. This person sold the info.

[Gator101]

Argh! Why are people taking this information home! Same thing happened at the school I earned my Bachelor degree at. Few months back some administrator took a laptop home with thousands of SSN numbers on it and it got stolen. The schools letter to me - "watch out for identity theft". Not even an apology.

[dogbyte12]

Lovely. I am assuming my records were in the mix.

[onedoug]

Islamism until demonstrated otherwise.

[MD_Willington_1976]

One lost USB key = one helluva mess