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Joe the Plumber Searches Were 'Improper'

Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:43 am PST

The dirtiest kind of dirty politics: Report: Records search on Joe the Plumber improper. TOLEDO, Ohio – An agency director improperly used state computers to find personal information on “Joe the Plumber,” a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday. There was no legitimate business purpose for the ...

Ohio, Joe the Plumber, Privacy Invasion, Dirty Tricks

The 'Joe the Plumber' Privacy Violation Story Gets Worse

Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:02 pm PDT

Welcome to the Orwellian future that awaits those who ask a question of the Anointed One: State employee says she was ordered to check out Joe the Plumber. Vanessa Niekamp said that when she was asked to run a child-support check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher on Oct. 16, she ...

Election 2008, Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber, Privacy Invasion

Illegal 'Joe the Plumber' Searches - Update

Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:09 pm PDT

As we reported Friday, shortly after the third presidential debate Ohio government computers were used to look up personal information on “Joe the Plumber.” Today, one of the people involved in checking the state child support system to try to dig up some dirt has been outed: Inspector general investigating ...

Election 2008, Joe the Plumber, Privacy Invasion, Media Malfeasance