Free Credit Monitoring for Veterans Rescinded After Laptop Recovered

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Free Credit Monitoring for Veterans Rescinded After Laptop Recovered

Associated Press
July 18, 2006 1:07 p.m.


WASHINGTON -- Free credit monitoring for veterans whose personal information
was stolen has been withdrawn, the Bush administration said Tuesday, because
the laptop containing their data has been recovered.

In a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, White House budget director Rob
Portman said he was canceling his office's request last month for $160.5
million in additional funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs to
provide one year of free monitoring to millions of veterans and active-duty
troops.

He noted that the FBI had determined with a "high degree of confidence" that
information stored on the stolen laptop and external drive were not accessed
or compromised.

"On the basis of the FBI's analysis, the administration has concluded that
credit monitoring services and the associated funding will no longer be
necessary," Mr. Portman wrote.

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