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The Associated Press recently reported that according to a government report obtained Tuesday July 10, the FBI’s search for terrorists includes searching records about Identity Theft. Such information, along with other information, is being mined, creating “a new database to assess the risk posed by people identified as potential or suspected terrorists.”

It should not be surprising that an integral part of the fight against terrorism should be the scrutiny and investigation of cases of Identity Theft. The second largest terrorist attack in U.S. history, the bombing of Alfred P. Murray Federal building in downtown Oklahoma City in 1995, which resulted in 168 deaths, was committed by Timothy McVeigh. Although at his time of arrest, Timothy McVeigh presented his real name, he had previously used an alias in preparation for committing his crime. He had rented the Van used in the explosion under the name of Robert Kling.

Similarly, it was reported by the BBC and other media that the identities of some of the September 11 World Trade Center bombing More…

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The Government Accountability Office, GAO, released on Thursday July 5 a comprehensive 50 page report titled: “Data Breaches are Frequent, but Evidence of Resulting Identity Theft Is Limited; However The Full Extent is Unknown.” Unfortunately, most headlines covering the content of the report gave the wrong impression that Data Breaches do not result in increased risk of Identity Theft. Many such headlines totally ignored the last part of the report title: “…However The Full Extent is Unknown.” Many seem to have forgotten to ask themselves: if a criminal is not interested in using the data acquired through a data breach, then why commit such illegal activity in the first place?

The fact that the GAO itself admitted in the title that “The Full Extent is Unknown,” means that the report is inconclusive. If the report is inconclusive, then More…

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There has been substantial public attention given to the problem of Identity Theft. The President’s Identity Theft Task Force was formed. A 120 page Strategic Plan was released in April. The Federal Trade Commission has launched its “Deter, Detect, Defend - Avoid ID Theft” campaign. Several government websites have been launched including ftc.gov/idtheft and idtheft.gov .

In addition, more than half of U.S. States have passed Credit Freeze laws. State laws have also been passed to ensure proper disposal of sensitive consumer information by merchants. Under such laws, several merchants have already been charged for improper data disposal. In addition, Identity Theft arrests are being reported almost on a daily basis.

Yet, in an informal poll/survey published at www.creditlock.com, when asked “How serious do you believe the U.S. Government is about …More…

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