[Q] - State and local officials are investigating if state and law-
enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were
tapped for personal information about “Joe the Plumber.”
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political
lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain
mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack
Obama.
The 34-year-old from the Toledo suburb of Holland is held out by
McCain as an example of an American who would be harmed by Obama’s tax
proposals.
Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information
on Wurzelbacher’s driver’s license or his sport-utility vehicle was
pulled from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times
shortly after the debate.
Information on Wurzelbacher was accessed by accounts assigned to
the office of Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers, the Cuyahoga
County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Toledo Police
Department.
It has not been determined who checked on Wurzelbacher, or why.
Direct access to driver’s license and vehicle registration information
from BMV computers is restricted to legitimate law enforcement and
government business. -
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/24/joe.html?sid=101
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