That wasn’t an oversight. Somebody needs to go to prison.
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Just makes me wonder if she’s going to go postal?
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I’m amazed that even the USPS has FOIA procedures this lax. When I was a Snivel Servant, any response to a FOIA request went through several levels of review before it went out the door, even the innocuous stuff.
I’m even more surprised that the file was delivered to the correct address. Doesn’t match my experience at all.
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“…Luckily they were exclusively limited to persons running for public office on the Democrat ticket…”
That’s the smoking gun. And it’s so plausible that one or more wingnut persons in a position to release items.
Just think of your coworkers. There’s usually more than a few nut jobs.
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Not classified - there is no national security aspect to this. But personnel files should never be released to a third party, under any circumstances, without the authorization of the employee.
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The problem with that theory is that it’s exceedingly unlikely that the USPS would have personnel files on any candidates for public office beyond some low-level local positions. That they had this one is a fluke.
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As a quasi-Federal agency, they’re subject to FOIA.
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They actually didn’t apologize and it should be rammed in their faces that they did not. They minimized what they did by using “inappropriate” where illegal would be more suited and excused it with with the “human error” whopper. Sincere apologies do not include minimization, dismissal, rationale or excuses.
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BS. USPS and every other agency has a department that handles FOIA requests, and no one in that department would have handled the request this way. This clearly jumped the queue and was handled in a way that did not comply with any of the FOIA rules.
So who did it? It was someone who needs more than counseling on the proper rules. It was a partisan who abused FOIA to violate someone’s personal privacy.
This needs an investigation. Talk about bias…
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“The Postal Service deeply regrets our mistake in inappropriately releasing Ms. Spanberger’s Official Personnel File (“OPF”) to a third-party, which occurred because of human error.”
Newman!
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Anything’s allowable as long as you’re undermining a Democrat.
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I bet you and your friends meet a lot to talk about adoptions.
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Yes but not like this. They have a FOIA staff, I am sure, and they wouldn’t do this.
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You’re surprised that Chuck Schumer is a spineless corrupt asshat? He probably got his marching orders from Goldman.
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Please name any U.S. President, Representative, Senator, or Governor who used to work for the USPS, or who applied for a security clearance from the USPS. Sorting letters is usually not thought of as a career path to higher office.
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I’m pretty sure it was a wing nut FOIA person that did it. They could use the error excuse. Anyone else and it’s felony privacy violation.
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A press release, “oopsie, did we do something wrong, we promise (pinky swear) we won’t do it again” won’t undo the damage.
There needs to be a thorough investigation to determine if this was a stupid mistake or a partisan attack.
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Something doesn’t quite add up. I am not sure that the USPS is behind this. This is not a snafu but something else very different. Follow the money.
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USPS takes responsibility? Who is getting fired?
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I don’t get why an application for a security clearance would be on file at the USPS. Shouldn’t that info be eyes only, and held only by the people who grant and deny such clearances?
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