FBI Databases Used for Stock Fraud

Phronesis writes "The Associated Press reports that two FBI agents have been indicted for conspiring with the owner of InsideTruth.com to short stocks and then leak information from the FBI's internal databases (e.g., unpleasant personal information about corporate officers). They also allegedly blackmailed companies with the threat of revealing such information. This case illustrates the failure of law enforcement agencies to implement adequate protection against the abuse of information they collect."

How should privacy violators be punished?

[Tsar]

Here's my suggestion: Have the FBI, or even some more reputable organization, run a full-bore background check on them, followed by total surveillance for some period of time from 30 days to life, depending on the seriousness of the violation.

Then post the results, complete with photos and video clips, on a website for the duration of the sentence.

I see that privacyviolators.com is available, as is publicstockade.com.

Stock Fraud...

[Mike Connell]

Stock Fraud [bestfoods.com.jo]

Glad to see the FBI is doing something useful :-)

Re:Remember John Hanssen...

[Saxerman]

Err... this IS Slashdot. Obviously NO ONE is correcting spelling around here.