Confidential Report Released BY MISTAKE! -Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry

Every time I see news stories like this I go nuts! A secret, temporary, preliminary report on ethics investigations in Congress was put on an open server. This meant that anyone including the Washington Post, could access the information. Read the brief summary below!

Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry
AN ACCIDENTAL DISCLOSURE
Document was found on file-sharing network

Zoe Lofgren, the House ethics committee's chairman, emphasized that the panel's activities are preliminary.

By Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 30, 2009

House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.

The report appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations. The committee said Thursday night that the document was released by a low-level staffer.

Now do you suppose that YOUR confidential information held in government or private educational, medical, or corporate/business serves COULD NOT also become accessible.?!

You have to be a fool to think that your information is safe when any low level web manager or clerk - usually earning very little and with minimal training - is managing these critically sensitive files.

Full Washington Post Article

How Many Car Bombs Before Saddam Was Deposed?

The answer is damn few.

Of course Saddam Hussein was a horrible man.

Of course Iraq was a bad place for many people.

Of course Saddam bragged that he had WMD's.

But in fact Iraq was stable just as Cuba is stable because the repressive regime can shut down crime and terrorism.

Chew on that!