The infringments of freedom of speech that are tracked in this blog may appear small when taken in isolation. This is why this blog is so important, so that we can track them and see them, before the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts. And so we can fight back. We were all upset over the treatment that Joe the Plumber faced for daring to exercise his rights to ask a question. Well, I’m happy to report that someone is asking questions about that treatment. (Courtesy of The Volokh Conspiracy)
The attorney general’s office is investigating whether the access of Wurzelbacher’s BMV information through the office’s Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway computer system was unauthorized, spokeswoman Jennifer Brindisi said.
“We’re trying to pinpoint where it came from,” she said. The investigation could become “criminal in nature,” she said. Brindisi would not identify the account that pulled the information on Oct. 16.
It’s not much, but it’s a start.
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