Waking up to this after an all night bender
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Saturday, September 23, 2006
Law hampers notifying Utahns of ID theft
Groups are working with legislators to repeal state and federal privacy legislation that makes it difficult to inform others
Lisa Rosetta By Lisa Rosetta The Salt Lake Tribune By Lisa Rosetta The Salt Lake Tribune
Your child may be earning a wage - at least on paper. The Social Security numbers of more than 600 Utah children under the age of 12 are being used by people other than the children to whom they were assigned, the Utah Department of Workforce Services has found. Now the agency, along with the Utah Attorney General's Office, is working with state legislators to draft a law that would help tackle the problem. At issue are state and federal privacy laws that make it difficult for Workforce Services to notify individuals their Social Security numbers are being used by another person. "We think it's incumbent upon us to at least inform the citizens they are being victimized," said Utah Assistant Attorney General Rich Hamp. "We were surprised to find there were statutes in the way of doing that." While Workforce Services is not prohibited from contacting a person to inform them their Social Security number is in use, little else can be legally divulged. Employees who reveal too much information could face a Class A misdemeanor, preventing some of them from making contact with the victims at all. "I think the ultimate goal is to partner with Workforce Services and Sen. [Carlene] Walker so we can at least get the law repealed and more favorable laws passed," Hamp said. The misuse of children's Social Security numbers was first identified two years ago, when Workforce Services looked at wage data in order to find out if some public assistance customers were not reporting income, said spokesman Curt Stewart. The agency discovered hundreds of suspicious cases. While some of the children's Social Security numbers were simply reported incorrectly by employers, Stewart said, many more were being deliberately misused. Hamp said undocumented workers are buying the Social Security numbers on the street for as little as $20 so they can get jobs. For $45 more, they can also get fake Social Security and resident cards.
Lisa Rosetta By Lisa Rosetta The Salt Lake Tribune By Lisa Rosetta The Salt Lake Tribune
Your child may be earning a wage - at least on paper. The Social Security numbers of more than 600 Utah children under the age of 12 are being used by people other than the children to whom they were assigned, the Utah Department of Workforce Services has found. Now the agency, along with the Utah Attorney General's Office, is working with state legislators to draft a law that would help tackle the problem. At issue are state and federal privacy laws that make it difficult for Workforce Services to notify individuals their Social Security numbers are being used by another person. "We think it's incumbent upon us to at least inform the citizens they are being victimized," said Utah Assistant Attorney General Rich Hamp. "We were surprised to find there were statutes in the way of doing that." While Workforce Services is not prohibited from contacting a person to inform them their Social Security number is in use, little else can be legally divulged. Employees who reveal too much information could face a Class A misdemeanor, preventing some of them from making contact with the victims at all. "I think the ultimate goal is to partner with Workforce Services and Sen. [Carlene] Walker so we can at least get the law repealed and more favorable laws passed," Hamp said. The misuse of children's Social Security numbers was first identified two years ago, when Workforce Services looked at wage data in order to find out if some public assistance customers were not reporting income, said spokesman Curt Stewart. The agency discovered hundreds of suspicious cases. While some of the children's Social Security numbers were simply reported incorrectly by employers, Stewart said, many more were being deliberately misused. Hamp said undocumented workers are buying the Social Security numbers on the street for as little as $20 so they can get jobs. For $45 more, they can also get fake Social Security and resident cards.
Clinton faults Bush for inaction on bin Laden
By Joanne Morrison Fri Sep 22, 11:42 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President
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In a heated interview to be aired on Sunday on "Fox News Sunday," the former Democratic president defended the steps he took after al Qaeda's attack on the
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"But at least I tried. That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said when asked whether he had failed to fully anticipate bin Laden's danger. "They had eight months to try, they did not try. I tried. So I tried and failed."
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"But at least I tried. That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said when asked whether he had failed to fully anticipate bin Laden's danger. "They had eight months to try, they did not try. I tried. So I tried and failed."
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"I authorized the CIA' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> CIA to get groups together to try to kill him," Clinton said. He added he had drawn up plans to go into
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"Now if you want to criticize me for one thing, you can criticize me for this: after the Cole, I had battle plans drawn to go into Afghanistan, overthrow the Taliban and launch a full-scale attack search for bin Laden. But we needed basing rights in Uzbekistan -- which we got after 9/11," Clinton said.
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"While I was there, they refused to certify. So that meant I would have had to send a few hundred special forces in helicopters, refuel at night," he said.
Earlier this month, Clinton dismissed as "indisputably wrong" a U.S. television show that suggested her was too distracted by the Monica Lewinsky scandal to confront the Islamic militant threat that culminated in the September 11 attacks.
Some candidates file error-filled disclosures
By Leigh DethmanDeseret Morning News
Several candidates for Salt Lake County elections — including both Republicans and Democrats — filed financial disclosure reports riddled with errors. Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen sent out 10 letters to candidates for county elections asking them to fix the problems. The issue first came to light after county GOP leader James Evans complained about the financial disclosure report for the Democratic candidate for district attorney. Evans said Democratic County Clerk Sherrie Swensen had been quick to send back reports for Republicans to correct, yet has ignored similar problems in reports filed by Sim Gill, a Democrat running for district attorney. Swensen said she did nothing wrong. After reviewing Gill's financial disclosure report, the clerk's office scoured all other financial disclosures to find similar problems. If a donor contributes $200 or more to a campaign, candidates must disclose the donor's occupation and employer. Gill had multiple donors over the $200 mark, yet only listed their occupation and omitted where they worked. Reports filed in April, June and September were all filed with the errors, yet the clerk's office never notified Gill of the problem.
Now, as a result of Evans' complaint, the clerk's office sent letters to Gill and nine additional candidates who did not list both occupation and employer of donors who contributed more than $200. Five Republicans and five Democrats must now amend their financial disclosure reports.
E-mail: ldethman@desnews.com
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