By Tribune-Review Published: Sunday, April 14, 2013, 9:00 p.m.
The Environmental Protection Agency endangered about 80,000 farmers and ranchers and their families — and showed whose side it's really on — by releasing personal information on them to radical environmental groups. Earth Justice, the National Resources Defense Council and the Pew Charitable Trust obtained their names, phone numbers and email and physical addresses under the Freedom of Information Act. Yes, the EPA contends state or federal law required releasing much of the info. And, yes, much of it already was available publicly from various sources. But by wrapping it all up in one neat package, the EPA did its radical fellow travelers quite the favor.
Fox News reports that U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., wants answers: Did the release comply with the federal Privacy Act of 1974? To Read More…..
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