I just googled "joe the plumber" to see what I got. 1,400,000 items. but there are several joe the plumber's that are legit companies.
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:16 PM, d.b.baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [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 > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
