Saturday, November 1, 2008

Officials shouldn't be snooping for private records on Ohioans who are thrust into public eye

"Gov. Ted Strickland should order his agency directors not to snoop on private citizens who land in the campaign spotlight. Such scrutiny could have a chilling effect on the willingness of people to stand up and be counted prior to elections.

"It also undermines the confidence of all Ohioans that their state government is serious about protecting sensitive information."

and

"Unauthorized and unjustified dredging of restricted government databases to find possibly embarrassing information on Americans simply for participating in democracy is unacceptable.

"At the very least, Jones-Kelley should be reproved, and anyone who conducted an illegal search of Wurzelbacher's records should be prosecuted."

Don't mess with our Messiah!