Lawmakers were impressed -- and troubled -- Wednesday as former data broker James Rapp explained to Congress how easily private account information can be obtained. He boasted to Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., that he could locate and steal her credit card records, and told Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., that he could uncover his bank password in one hour. "I don't think we have any privacy at all," said Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla.
June 22, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Even as others cited the Fifth Amendment, a former data broker enthralled Congress on Wednesday with a bizarre, behind-the-scenes lesson on how this shadowy industry covertly gathers Americans’ telephone records without subpoenas or warrants.
Some lawmakers gasped and others shook their heads in amazement during testimony from James Rapp, a former data broker run out of the business years ago by Colorado police.
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