ACORN Now Claiming Documents Were Stolen – From Their Garbage Cans
BigGovernment.com has been airing a hefty portion of ACORN’s dirty laundry this week, thanks to the efforts of a private investigator who recovered thousands of documents hastily dumped in the trash by San Diego’s ACORN office days before they were to be investigated.
ACORN is now reacting by claiming that the documents were stolen. From their trash.
“A tempest in a trash can is brewing in San Diego County, where ACORN is trying to recover tens of thousands of documents taken from its garbage by a Republican activist.”
“It’s the latest skirmish in a war between ACORN, which stands for Community Organizations for Reform Now, and conservative critics who accuse it of corruption.”
“Derrick Roach, a private investigator who unsuccessfully ran for a state Assembly seat last year, said he took more than 20,000 documents from a caged trash area behind ACORN’s office in National City on Oct. 9.”
“Some of the documents later posted on a Web site and displayed at a news conference Monday appeared to show driver’s license and Social Security numbers of ACORN members or job applicants.”
“There also were immigration records, credit reports, tax returns, credit card statements and bank account numbers, Roach said Tuesday.”
“ACORN California Head Organizer Amy Schur said the confidential papers were carelessly included in the trash, and there was no intent to dump rather than shred them.”
“We want to get our property back so that we can properly secure it,” she said.”
Perhaps you should have thought of that before, Amy. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
