attila sez: well, I take it as assumed correct that illegally violating the credit and personal information of member os Congress (might as well include the Clintons and the Gores) would get a response on privacy. but you would be a targt of an incredible manhunt. For example, I can give you the name of an online information provider (if I was so disposed --which I am _not_, as I do not wish to be labelled as a conspirator) who would provide the credit, medical, and background reports of 500+ individuals for $20-25 a pop. then you take out an account on a system with a false id and does not require credit cards (pay cash, not cheque) --mail each one to the target rep/sen/bubba after mailing the whole set to Geraldo, or some other slimball. but, I think I would put my money on further laws to really clamp down on free speech. and, if you ever were caught, don't expect all of us to donate one day a month for 10-50 years to visit you in the slammer. more laws, more political police, more prisons --that's their motto. enjoy _________________________________________________________________ attila__ On Sun, 4 Feb 1996, Karl Ike wrote:

It is impossible to get changes in the Fair Credit Reporting Act in the traditional way. Credit reporting agencies have far too much personal information that is passed out with incrediable ease at the consumers expense.

I have a suggestion!

Today, with TRW, Equifax and TransUnion's vast network, it is easy to obtain anyone's credit report from various sources. Do you think if someone, outside of the USA, obtained the credit reports on half, maybe all, of the US Senators, congressmen, judges, etc, and published them in their entirity, on the internet, from outside the US, would get their attention? Then there would be changes, overnight, protecting the right of privacy! Let them become the victim of credit reporting agencies once and shit will happen overnight.

If someone who is not a US citizen does this from outside the US, I don't think that they can be held accountable under US law? I am new to the internet and don't have a clue how to do it, but someone out there does and probably has a friend in Bankok that will help him. Put the word out!

__________________________________________________________________________ go not unto usenet for advice, for the inhabitants thereof will say: yes, and no, and maybe, and I don't know, and fuck-off. _________________________________________________________________ attila__ To be a ruler of men, you need at least 12 inches.... There is no safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be.