Anyone Else Really Fuming at the Vet Administration?

[primative1]

I get a piece of mail from those turds today ... oops someone lifted your info, blah, blah, blah ... and I am thinking.
How in the h*ll do they know where I am 30 years later?
Do they keep little files on all of us for some reason?
Whats up?

[blueinindiana]

Yes you have file kept on you.

Its been that way for many many years.

nothing sinister about it just governement records.

[blueinindiana]

[blueinindiana]

1. ...

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[primative1]

2. Why isnt that sinister?

I dont like it :)

[blueinindiana]

3. For VA benefist etc ..

have to have records of you in order to prove you served etc don't they ?

[primative1]

4. Where I live?

Sure they can keep records of what was but they have no right to track people. Why should they?

[SharonRB]

6. If you file your taxes, the government knows where you are

[havocmom]

9. If you go outside,

they know where you are ;)

[primative1]

10. Starting to look that way ...

(feeling ill)

[havocmom]

11. If you read anything subversive in the park, do it under a BIG tree

[havocmom]

8. So they can call you up if they run outta younger cannon fodder?

Hey, not only fuming about the stolen (or sold?) info on millions, a tad outraged about, what was it 20,000 exams done with unsterilized instruments!

To be fair, they did offer free aids screening... sorta

:grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke:

[newblewtoo]

5. whoa, not to freak you out man but

did you ever wonder how the mail man knew just where to deliver it? I was freaked when they changed my service number to my social.

[primative1]

7. Thats what Im saying ...

How in the h*ll did they know where I was?

[newblewtoo]

12. I got out in '72

And have moved several times since. I have had no contact with the VA since '72. I just assumed they used my social security number information which they bumped against tax information and got the current address from there. So that is how the mail man showed up at my door. Makes you wonder who will show up next.

[newblewtoo]

13. My guess...

is they have the ability to manipulate multiple data bases on the social security number key. That is what makes this thing so scary. Talk about identity theft. Man if that info falls into the wrong hands there is no end to the things which can be done.