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Old 10-31-2008, 01:19 PM   #142
Clodfobble
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Originally Posted by The Mercenary
Info that he even owed child support. That he even owed back taxes.
As I already pointed out, child support is public information to begin with. Ever check The Smoking Gun? All court documents are public unless they are specially sealed by the judge for some reason. And owing back taxes is a crime, so as soon as they charge you with it, that too becomes public information. They did not release his tax returns (private information), they did not reveal whether he has received welfare/unemployment (we assume because he didn't, but if he did, it must have been under legitimate circumstances, because they didn't press charges--if they had, then yes, those charges would have been public,) and the one person who illegally gave out information (the police officer who gave his home address to a reporter) is being punished accordingly.

Most people would be appalled to learn how much of their information is 100% public.
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