Peer to Peer file sharing software used to leak Panel Investigations

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Nearly half the members of a House panel are under scrutiny by ethics investigators, a leaked report reveals...:usa2:

A committee statement said its security was breached through "peer to peer file sharing software" by a junior employee who was working from home. The staff member was fired.

As the House was conducting scheduled votes Thursday, ethics chairwoman Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., went to the microphone to announce that a confidential weekly report of the committee from July had leaked out in a case of "cyber-hacking."

Nearly half the members of a House panel in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, according to a leaked report

The ethics committee is one of the most secretive panels in Congress, and its members and staff members sign oaths not to disclose any activities related to its past or present investigations, according to the newspaper.

The leaked July report contains a summary of the committee's work at the time.

You’ll have to read the article to find out who the majority under investigation are, I’ll give you one guess.

Elections have consequences.........:hump:


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/30/report-dozens-congress-ethics-scrutiny/

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The document was leaked to The Washington Post after a junior ethics staff member saved it on the hard drive of a home computer. The staff member, who had information sharing software, didn't realize that someone could download the file but was subsequently fired anyway.

A House staff member, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to discuss the matter, said the committee employee's actions were inadvertent but violated House rules requiring the safeguarding of official documents.

Now the Recording Industry Association of America is saying the disclosure was evidence of a need for controls on peer-to-peer software to block the improper or illegal exchange of music. Some lawmakers have tried for years to bring this about.

Mitch Bainwol, the group's chairman and chief executive officer, said, "It's now happening (in) Congress' backyard, and that should be a powerful catalyst to enact real reforms to protect consumers."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BLKSFO0&show_article=1

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