Did Arlington National Cemetery break the law?
»www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/···lington/ The cemetery sent the personal data of deceased soldiers to a contractor at the center of a fraud scandal Editor’s note: This article is part of a special Salon investigation of America’s renowned cemetery. By Mark Benjamin Aug. 11, 2009 | Arlington National Cemetery this summer mailed to a Florida contractor two computer servers containing the personal data — including Social Security numbers — of thousands of deceased soldiers. A senior cemetery official ordered the servers to be mailed despite federal law and Army regulations that prohibit such unauthorized shipping, and despite the objections of the cemetery’s IT manager, who warned of possible privacy law violations. The close and curious relationship between the contractor, Optimum Technical Solutions, and the cemetery official was detailed by Salon yesterday. For years, cemetery Deputy Superintendent Thurman Higginbotham has overseen a contractor-led effort to computerize burial rec
