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Illinois officials are blaming human error for releasing the Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 1,000 Department of Corrections employees to the friend of an inmate. They say the information was accidentally included when the department responded to an open records request by the friend.

Comments

[Crackers Boy]

And nothing else happened.

CB

[LarryA]

Probably true.

Although somebody should be explaining why such information was laying around where it was handy to "accidentally" include it.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The civilian stated that he never looked at the multipage FOIA response and was unaware that it contained personal information, according to the statement. He agreed to a polygraph test and tested truthful.

And if he had failed the test?

[Charles Easterly]

"And if he had failed the test?"

Well, in that event, Fist, we must remain cognizant of the fact that these "tests" are not always accurate.

#Honestmistake.gov

[Fist of Etiquette]

But what was even the point? Even if he had seen them, the mistake wasn't his.

[Charles Easterly]

It's honest mistakes all the way down?

[LarryA]

I'd have been demanding the test, to show it wasn't me in case the information later showed up.

[SQRLSY One]

Government Almighty says to us:

"Here, you MUST share all of your secrets with US, so that WE can help you to keep them safe!"

(That's why O-Bummer-Care, for example, is going to have to track us, for every toke we take, legal or illegal, and every drop of booze we drink, as well... All that is "medical info" needed for them to "take care" of us, ya know).