(Paul) Hackett Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of 26.5 Million Vets

[sabra]

http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/05/31/vets_idtheft.html

Hackett Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of 26.5 Million Vets

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A Cincinnati attorney has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of 26.5 million veterans whose personal information was on a stolen computer disk.

The suit asks the Department of Veterans Affairs to compensate the veterans and pay for credit monitoring.

Paul Hackett filed the suit yesterday in US District Court in nearby Covington, Kentucky.

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The suit asks the VA to pay damages of at least one-thousand dollars per veteran.

[stepnw1f]

1. KICK! (nt)

[number6]

2. kick

:kick:

[IndianaGreen]

3. Kick! Veteran here!

Way to go Hackett!

[finecraft]

4. Go Paul, GO!

Thank you Paul for your continued service to your country!

[Love Bug]

29. Lol! I have those cat butt magnets on my fridge!

Well, without the new "assholes," so to speak.

[MindPilot]

5. K&rR -- Way to go Paul!!

Lived in Covington when I was a little kid.

[MADem]

6. Good on Paul!!!!!!! n.t.

[The Witch]

7. Oh, PAUL! :swoon:

What a leader that man is.

And that money is money that should have been in the VA budget but was cut by thankless Republicans, I'm sure. I hope it makes its way to where it belongs.

[w8liftinglady]

12. lol..you have to share him...

[rurallib]

8. Love it when he's on the Schultz show!

He can kick some butt!

[UTUSN]

9. AwRIGHT! my buddy! No wonder I supported you from a different state!

[teryang]

10. I can't wait to get my thousand

But I won't hold my breathe. They'll say he was acting outside the scope or something like that.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

11. Big FAT kick!

Peace

[nookiemonster]

13. Kick!

WTG!

:)

[Stand and Fight]

14. Kick! This VET supports Hackett all the way.

GIVE 'EM HELL, PAUL!

[truebrit71]

32. Have you taken your Meds today?

"Give 'em hell" Paul suggested yesterday that Rep Murtha should 'get back on his meds and quit shooting from the lip'.....

Yeah, swell guy....

Sooooooooooooooooo glad he's out of the race in Ohio.....

[Hekate]

15. Excellent job, Paul!

:kick:

Hekate

[Erika]

16. Yes. Way to Go!

[Rex]

17. 1000 dollars per veteran.

I doubt the gummit will eek out a dime for any of us. They HATE vets because we are no longer 'disposable' capital. I'm surprised the Repukes haven't shutdown the VA yet.

[blue neen]

18. Great work, Paul.

Keep fighting! :)

[lebkuchen]

19. Excellent

Makes one wonder how much more abuse the vets were going to accept.

Jim Nicholson is the worst, on par with Chertoff.

[blue cat]

20. Don't know what to think about this guy

He said Murtha needed to take his drugs last pm on Air America, Seder's show.

[Beacho]

21. Is there a contact page?

I've been trying to get a response from the VA. I don't know if my records were included or not

I'd appreciate any info

[Orion The Hunter]

22. Nicely done, Mr. Hackett

If the VA cannot keep its info safe, and own up to its mistakes, then it should have to pay a penalty.

[Eurobabe]

23. Good for him! Too bad he's not running in 2nd District

Freeperville (Mason, Cincinnati) Duh-hi-O

[puerco-bellies]

24. Wooo Hooooo!!!

Now I only have to wait 15 years or so for the check..

[lonestarnot]

25. Wooodamnwhoo Paul Hackett!

[Wheres The Beef]

26. I wonder if this is the same Paul Hackett?

This relating to Haditha.

"Also Tuesday, a lawyer said the Pentagon investigations into the shootings are focused on about a dozen enlisted Marines and don't target their commanding officers. Paul Hackett, who represents one of the officers, said the highest-ranking Marine targeted by the investigations is a staff sergeant who led the convoy that was hit by a roadside bomb before the killings."




http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0605310060may31,1,3952802.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

[Pacifist Patriot]

27. Yes it is.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2656457#2657148

[Wheres The Beef]

35. Thank You

[HeeBGBz]

28. Hell yeah, that works for me

Go Hackett!

[truebrit71]

30. Hmmm, maybe Hackett needs the meds more then Murtha...

This doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of going anywhere...

[wicket]

31. Give 'em Hell Hackett!!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[neuvocat]

33. This is brilliant.

Maybe its so obvious that I didn't think about it before. Well done Colonel Hackett.

[redqueen]

34. Am I the only one who doesn't see this as a good thing?

That's $2,650,000,000,000... can the VA really afford to compensate all these vets for loss of personal data?

Even if it means wounded vets and soldiers won't get even the somewhat shoddy treatment they receive now?

[Ohio Joe]

36. K&R

Go Paul!

[Ilsa]

37. Way to go, Hackett!

And remember, Yahoo was reporting today that other info, such as addresses and phone numbers may be in that database, making it even easier to find and take over people's IDs.

[Daphne08]

38. Good!