MONTGOMERY COUNTY
HAS ITS OWN
SCOOTER LIBBY
"County Sources" Leak Confidential
Personnel and Medical
Record Details of Disabled Police Officers to
Washington Post Reporters
Yesterday's Washington Post featured another slanted article on our elected officials' attempt to deny retirement benefits to disabled Montgomery County police officers.
One breakthrough has vindicated the position of those of us who support our county police officers:
According to the Post itself:
"The Post's review of county and state documents and interviews with current and retired officers did not uncover deception."
So what is the problem? As we all know, the problem is really that our elected officials want to make disabled police officers scapegoats for their fiscal mismanagement.
And that the Washington Post and those officials would like the money currently going to disabled officers to be redirected to developers and the special interests that control the decisions made in Rockville.
But the real breaking news in the Post was not even recognized by the Post! So you'll have to turn here to get the real story.
First, read this quote from the article:
"County officials declined to disclose the names of officers on disability, saying such information is private."
No kidding!
But wait a minute... Further ahead in the article, you find this:
"Kevin Strange, 38, also was awarded disability payments, according to county sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the program."
The "county sources" go on to reveal confidential details of Officer Strange's disability status and medical history.
How did the Post not recognize this unethical release of private information?
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