White House Visitors Social Security Numbers Found In Jan 6 Files

White House Visitors Social Security Numbers Found In Jan 6 Files

White House Visitors Social Security Numbers Found In Jan 6 Files

The Jan 6 committee has a BIG problem. Amongst all the documents released was a spreadsheet containing the Social Security numbers for all those who visited the White House in December 2020. Yes, you read that correctly.

When the House Jan. 6 committee wrapped up its work in recent weeks, it posted hundreds of records online, including interview transcripts, audio recordings and text messages.

Also buried in the massive cache was a spreadsheet with nearly 2,000 Social Security numbers associated with visitors to the White House in December 2020, including at least three members of Trump’s Cabinet, a few Republican governors and numerous Trump allies.

Guess what folks, it ALSO included the social security numbers of some of the CHILDREN who visited the White House that month! 

No, this wasn’t something that JUST happened. That information has been floating out there online since sometime last weekend. Long enough for hackers to get that information and exploit it. 

Here’s the other egregious thing about this. Once the J6 committee people were informed, what did they do? Yank the info, redact the numbers, and repost it online. Did they NOTIFY all those who were exposed? The answer is a solid NO. 

Exposed individuals don’t appear to have been notified about the leak. The Government Publishing Office (GPO), which originally published the file, did not respond to a request for comment on whether it planned to notify people whose Social Security numbers were exposed.

“To my knowledge, we were not notified. The governor was not notified,” said Ian Fury, a spokesman for South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R). Social Security numbers were listed alongside the names of Noem, her husband and her three children.

Since all the documents were released, many in the media such as Politico have been combing through the records to find that singular “Gotcha” on Trump, only to find …nothing. 

The panel posted thousands of pages of evidence late Sunday in a public database that provide the clearest glimpse yet at the well-coordinated effort by some Trump allies to help Trump seize a second term he didn’t win. Much of the evidence has never been seen before and, in some cases, adds extraordinary new elements to the case the select committee presented in public — from voluminous phone records to contemporaneous text messages and emails.

Thus far, the only “gotcha” is that of the J6 group exposing nearly 2000 people to identity theft. 

Yet again, our government’s incompetence looms large. 

https://twitter.com/catholiclawyer/status/1611415244018167810

The biased and very partisan Jan 6 committee released it’s final report the other week. As is known, they blame Trump for everything, even as they couldn’t find credible evidence to get Trump arrested. 

Today, on January 6, the Democrats are all bleating how how horrific that day two years ago was and how dishonorable everyone is who dares to question them. 

Yes indeed, there are nearly 2000 people who are potential victims of identity theft, and the J6 committee’s response to the revelation that their Social Security numbers were posted online for the world to see? 

A former Jan. 6 committee aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly, said that committee “records released publicly underwent a review process to redact personal details and other sensitive information.”

“Any release of such information was inadvertent,” the aide added.

NO, hell NO. Inadvertent is missing typos. Spreadsheets several pages long containing names and Social Security numbers are pretty damned obvious, so don’t try to sell us on the ‘it was an accident’ schtick. 

Furthermore, even as the Jan 6 committee wanted to know who visited the White House in December 2020, there was absolutely NO reason why they needed the Social Security info of those individuals. None. 

https://twitter.com/ValentiaMichael/status/1611441022827114496

Will anyone on the Jan 6 committee apologize for this? I doubt it. Furthermore, I would venture a strong guess that making this information public could be against multiple laws and regulations as that information was sent to the Jan 6 committee and then publicized without those individuals consent. 

Keep in mind, the White House agreed to release those record to the Jan 6 committee with the following provision in place. 

To ensure that Executive Branch interests are adequately protected, the Select Committee has agreed to treat entries associated with appointments designated as national-security sensitive (“NSS”) or otherwise-highly sensitive (“OHS”) as confidential and to refrain from sharing or discussing such entries outside the Select Committee without prior consultation. Moreover, to ensure that personal privacy information is not inadvertently disclosed, the Select Committee has agreed accept production of these records with birth dates and social security numbers removed.

Given THAT letter, dated February 15, 2022, and what the Washington Post found out this week, I can only conclude that the personal information was DELIBERATELY left in the files, thus putting nearly 2000 people at risk of identity theft for likely the rest of their lives.

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