If you happened to read my post a week ago about the e-trace scandal waiting to happen, you'll be interested in these recent developments in Colombia.
I raised the issue of the ATF sharing its e-trace databases with more than 70,000 non-U.S. citizens in more than 30 foreign countries as a huge potential security threat, since these databases contain reams of personal information on millions of American citizens.
Many of these foreign governments are as corrupt as the day is long, and that makes for a huge potential threat of massive identity theft.
Now reports from Colombia (one of the countries with access to E-trace) that government officials have been sharing classified documents with Narco-cartels should make every American shudder.
The U.S. government should lock down these databases immediately and cut off access to foreign governments. All it takes is one corrupt official who decides to make a little extra income by selling the names, social security numbers, drivers license numbers, addresses, and other personal details to the highest bidder - which may very well be hackers bent on stealing your identity.
Someone needs to do something about this before it's too late.