A long long time ago, when I guzzled the kool aid I made a contribution to Coleman's 2002 election campaign. "Forgive me for I have sinned."
Because of that contribution, I ended up on spam list after list as the Coleman campaign sold my name to every wacked out group possible.
To this day, I have been trying to get off Coleman's e mail list and they "refuse" to remove me from that list. I wonder if that is a violation of some law?
Today, I received an interesting e mail that Norm's Campaign, obviously "pre-occupied" with "other matters" released the names, addresses and credit card information to the world.
First email from wikileaks;
Senator Norm Coleman supporter / contributor list leaked.
Your name, address and other details appear on a membership list
leaked to us from the Norm Coleman Senate campaign.
If you have contributed financially to the Coleman campaign there
are additional details.
We understand that Norm Coleman became aware of the leak in January.
The information has been passed around out of public view.
We have sent you this note as a curtesy in case Norm Coleman has
not contacted you previously.
We have not released the material yet, but may do so within the
next few days.
In line with our policy of completely neturality for whistleblowers
and political sources, the material will be treated impartially. We
support all those who engage in the struggle for political reform
and wish you well.
For additional details, see:
http://wikileaks.org/
http://news.google.com/...
Second e mail from wikileaks;
Following our earlier email over the Coleman leak, we have discovered
that all on-line Coleman contributors had their full credit card
details released onto the Internet on 28 of Jan, 2009 by Coleman's
staff.
Senator Coleman was made aware of this yet elected not to
inform supporters in violation of Minnesota Statute 325E.61:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/...
We provide proof of here (Windows Excel spreadsheet), which if you
are a contributor will provide the last 4 digits of your Credit
card and the security numbers on the back. Please check:
http://wikileaks.org/...
Since the database has been floating around the internet, we
suggest you call your bank and cancel the card.
However if you are one of our supporters and appreciate this warning
don't forget to donate to Wikileaks (Sunshine Press) first!
For additional details, see:
https://secure.wikileaks.org/
I think everyone needs to start asking the Coleman Campaign what steps they are going to take in order to protect the good credit of those that donated who are now at risk.