Comments on: Lost or stolen identities

By: Manolo

Manolo — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:41:07 +0000

Postal Inspectors do not work for USPS OIG (Office of Inspector General), they work for the Inspection Service. I know it’s confusing, but if you don’t know what you are talking about, do not post it on the damned internet.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:26:33 +0000

EVERYONE WAS RIGHT WHEN THEY SAID THE WORLD WILL BE RAN BY COMPUTERS, BUT THEY WERE WRONG WHEN THEY SAID IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.

By: Jeff Hoyt

Jeff Hoyt — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:15:13 +0000

The term Postal Inspector refers to an official of the USPS OIG.
Information on this story is scant at this point, but I expect that the application process is a multi-step affair, the end results including a list of the names of applicants, held separately from the applications. With this, notification would be a simple, if unpleasant, process.
Who knows? Maybe someone thought they should generate such a list in the event the apps were stolen…

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:51:20 +0000

This is regarding the article about Postal Inspectors knowing about the theft of passport applications but failing to notify the victims: If the applications were stolen, how could the USPS notify anyone? The applications would have the victims’ names, addresses and phone numbers. Without the applications there would be no way of contacting anyone. Secondly, the original article blames Postal Inspectors for failing to notify the victims. However, the USPS OIG is the agency responsible for investigating internal crimes. Don’t blame the Inspectors when they don’t even work these types of crimes.

By: Jeff Hoyt

Jeff Hoyt — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:39:24 +0000

That last gets my vote.