[privacy] Corrupt U.S. Customs Agent Sentenced For Data Deals

[Paul Ferguson]

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C|Net News article by Declan McCullagh, via ZDNet Australia.

[snip]

A recent court case demonstrates, once again, the dangers of assembling
massive police databases and trusting that law enforcement officers with
access are paragons of virtue.

In this case, the unvirtuous Fed is named Rafael Pacheco, an agent with the
US Customs Service in Florida. And the database in question is the Treasury
Enforcement Communications System, or TECS, which contains more than a
billion records used by Customs and other federal police.

Pacheco was, to put it bluntly, a corrupt cop. He sold access to TECS for
money.

[snip]

More:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Corrupt-US-Customs-agent-sentence
d-for-data-deals/0,130061744,339285213,00.htm

- - ferg

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