Leahy Wonders if DOJ is Taking Phone Breaches Seriously

McInsane,

Not sure how much more clearly I can put this. My point was when it was first discovered that Palin's email was hacked, Did Leahy react like this? if no, then why did he react after it was revealed that an INACTIVE phone was looked at, and after it was already disclosed that people lost their jobs over this?

The thing here is not that both icidents were investigated, obviously both were. The question is relevant to true bi-partisanship, if he got so wound up over Obama's phone that he now wants an accounting of the effectiveness of this Act, did he ask for the same accounting of similar protections for email accounts?

You want to pawn this off as bias on my part. If it makes you feel better, then so be it.

It soes not alter the question, did Leahy react the same when it was Palin's email as he did on Obama's phone?

I heard that ATT and Verizon were the worst phone snoopers, even snooping for Bush's NSA on private US citizens. 1984 came alive in 2000 with a stolen election.

Mike_C, You can't honestly compare the two situations (and Leahy's response) because the Palin incident WAS in fact investigated while it appears that the justice department has dropped the ball on this one.
If neither were investigated then it might show some bias but in your example there is absolutely none. Why on earth would Leahy (or anyone, no matter what side of the isle they're on, for that matter) say anything about a situation that was being handled properly? It makes no sense and sounds like just an excuse for folks like you on the right to scream "bias" where there is obviously none.

What about phone breeches through government surveillance?

The ultimate irony about Joe The Plumber is the state of Ohio liberals were much mcuh more concerned about him, than hundreds of thousands of newly registered voters.

Maybe the should have been more focused on making sure these voter registrations actually matched up to Real People!

McInsane,

The point is about fake concern! Like anyone cares what Leahy thinks about this anyway. My point is did he react the same way during the issue over Palin's email?

Just wait until they put everyones medical records in one huge database. It is impossible to completely protect the information. There are always systems administrators and database administrators with 100 percent access to the data.

The majority of companies still do not have adequate security because it is all overhead expense. In addition, if someone breaches your security, you cannot sue for money unless you can demonstrate harm. It does not matter that it someone might steal your identity in a few months or a few years.

It seems that Joe the Plumber actually gained by having his privacy breached since he has a book deal. In my state the information that was breached for Joe is on a public website for the world to see. Joe's information is considered a public record that could have been obtained by anyone that requested the information. GA0 did an audit a few years ago about state and county public records containing social security numbers and date of birth, but not much has been done

Maybe we should be more concerned about the privacy infringements on the ordinary citizen.

Mike_C, Your point doesn't make any sense. The DOJ actually DID investigate and arrest someone the Palin email hacking. Why would Leahy have to say anything?

I don't remember hearing Leahy get on DOJ about Palin's email.

yes - he should take it serious and also the actions in the State of Ohio - but he won't go there.

How unfortunate that the governor of Ohio doesn't take the invasion of privacy of ordinary citizens as seriously as does Senator Leahy. :)

Too bad that the governor of Ohio isn't similarly concerned with the privacy of ordinary citizens.