 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 13, 2001
|
|
|
The Wall Street Journal reported that executive branch
|
|
|
agencies
were purchasing "troves of personal data from the
|
|
private
sector." The article quoted government sources for
|
|
|
the
proposition that DOJ, FBI, USMS, INS, and IRS
|
|
|
employees
had electronic access to citizens' assets, phone
|
|
|
numbers,
driving records, and other personal information
|
|
|
from
their desktop computers. The article reported that
|
|
|
ChoicePoint,
a publicly-held company, and its competitors
|
|
|
were
supplying citizens' personal information to at least
|
|
|
thirty-five
federal government agencies.
|
|
|
Glenn R.
Simpson, Big Brother-in-Law, If the FBI Hopes to Get the Goods on
|
|
|
You, It May Ask ChoicePoint, Wall St. J., April 13,
2001 at A1.
|
|