Comments on: Laptop (In)Security II http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/342 Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 03:28:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: ajacksonian http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/342#comment-1376 ajacksonian Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:42:16 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/342#comment-1376 When my friend worked for (and I believe he still does, although we have been out of contact for some years) IRS, he needed to get a SECRET clearance as personal information on US Citizens was considered to be classified and any illegal use of that information gained the additional reprisals due to breaking its classified nature. So when I see the folks at VA blithely going around with information that the IRS would consider to be classified, I do wonder exactly *who* is setting the rules on such things. And I hope any involved in this get to meed up with a sledgehammer and big rocks that they can turn into small rocks for the rest of their lives. When my friend worked for (and I believe he still does, although we have been out of contact for some years) IRS, he needed to get a SECRET clearance as personal information on US Citizens was considered to be classified and any illegal use of that information gained the additional reprisals due to breaking its classified nature. So when I see the folks at VA blithely going around with information that the IRS would consider to be classified, I do wonder exactly *who* is setting the rules on such things.

And I hope any involved in this get to meed up with a sledgehammer and big rocks that they can turn into small rocks for the rest of their lives.

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