Bushco Big Brother 'Loses' 400K US Personal Records

A "hacking attack" on the Bushco-connected Choicepoint (a personal information data-mining firm closely associated with the Bush family) has compromised/resulted the theft of confidential personal records of up to 400,000 residents of California and other parts of the United States.  This "loss" apparently occurred last October, but is being reported for the first time just yesterday.

From a Columbus(Ohio) Ledger-Enquirer/AP Story:

The company's database of 10 billion business and personal records contains information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers and credit reports.

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One arrest has been made in the case. A 41-year-old Nigerian national, Olatunji Oluwatosin [classic Bush family 'modified limited hangout' "patsey" technique?] , was arrested Oct. 27 [that's 4 months ago;  it is just being made public now?] after he faxed an application for a ChoicePoint account from a Kinko's in Los Angeles. That aroused suspicion at ChoicePoint, which notified authorities. They sent a fax back and Oluwatosin was arrested when he walked into the Kinko's to pick up the return fax.

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ChoicePoint, which sells such data to government agencies and a variety of companies, says it has strengthened its screening procedures as a result of the incident.

Identity theft is the country's fastest-growing crime, and more than 9.9 million Americans were victims last year. The crimes cost a total of $5 billion, not including lost productivity, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Choicepoint in case you have forgotten, is the same company that prepared the "felon purged" [Black cleansed] 2000  Florida election voter list.

Choicepoint also [see Big Brother Goes Global] has numerous contracts with the Bush Administration to do such things as data-mine personal information on 65 million Mexican citizens, and from other latin American countries like Venezuela.  

This is not good...

I don't buy the 8innocent-accident spin8 coming out of Choicepoint, and the 8media silence8 is curiously deafening, as usual.

[Could the Bush Crime Family be working on a  Brand New Bag, namely identity theft on a massive scale?]