Time: Wed Nov 13 11:22:15 1996
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
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Robert,
Any ideas what happened here?
RSVP.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
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>Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:17:38 -0700 (MST)
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>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>Subject: SSN's and Privacy
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>>Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:11:16
>>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>>Subject: SSN's and Privacy
>>Bcc: liberty lists
>>
>> Disclosure of social security number. Act Dec. 31, 1974,
>> P.L. 93-579, Section 7, 88 Stat. 1909, provided:
>>
>> "(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any Federal, State or
>> local government agency to deny to any individual any right,
>> benefit, or privilege provided by law because of such
>> individual's refusal to disclose his social security account
>> number.
>>
>> "(2) the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection
>> shall not apply with respect to --
>>
>> "(A) any disclosure which is required by Federal
>> statute, or
>>
>> "(B) the disclosure of a social security number to any
>> Federal, State, or local agency maintaining a
>> system of records in existence and operating
>> before January 1, 1975, if such disclosure was
>> required under statute or regulation adopted prior
>> to such date to verify the identity of an
>> individual.
>>
>> "(b) Any Federal, State, or local government agency which
>> requests an individual to disclose his social security
>> account number shall inform that individual whether that
>> disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, by what statutory or
>> other authority such number is solicited, and what uses will
>> be made of it."
>>
>>
>>Comments by Paul Mitchell follow:
>>
>>Congress deliberately failed to codify this statute in Title 5 of
>>the United States Code. You will find it embedded at the end of
>>the historical notes within the Privacy Act. When a government
>>employee was sued for violating this Act, he asserted ignorance
>>of the law as his defense. The court upheld this defense, thus
>>creating an important exception to the general rule that
>>ignorance of the law is no excuse. My reading of this decision
>>is that the court was giving silent judicial notice to the fact
>>that Congress actually "hid" the law; thus, the court's holding
>>did not really overturn the maxim (ignorance is not excuse); it
>>merely recognized that fraud vitiates everything, even the most
>>solemn promises. I have taken this statute and reduced it down
>>to the size of a standard credit card. Then, I laminated it in
>>plastic and saved it in my wallet. Later, I gave it away to an
>>attendee of one of Lynne Meredith's seminars; the attendee was
>>mostly incredulous that such a law even existed. It is very easy
>>to make another one. I prefer to take a photocopy right out of
>>the law books, and to laminate that photocopy. Try it! It is
>>always very powerful to witness these laws yourself, at the local
>>county law library. Take this email message down to the
>>reference librarian, and see if s/he can locate it for you. The
>>Privacy Act can be found in the reference volume which lists
>>statutes by name. Good luck!
>>
>>Paul Andrew Mitchell
>>November, 1996
>>all rights reserved
>>
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