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A brave whistleblower revealed that DOGE stole the American people's Social Security data. The Trump administration forcibly removed him. This is illegal.

aug 29, 2025, 8:53 pm • 138 61

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I'm not a lawyer -- to *any* extent -- but it looks vaguely like at least 3 Federal crimes: * exfiltration of the NUMIDENT database, * whistleblower retaliation, and * destruction of federal records. www.someweekendreading.blog/bad-doggies-...

aug 30, 2025, 12:08 am • 0 0 • view

So appalling and frightening

aug 30, 2025, 11:24 am • 1 0 • view

It's a long letter but the ALT text has been broken into top, middle, and closing paragraphs.

From: Charles Borges, Chief Data Officer, Social Security Administration To: Frank Bisignano, Commissioner, Social Security Administration Subj: Forced Resignation from Social Security Administration I am regretfully involuntarily leaving my position at the Social Security Administration (SSA). This involuntary resignation is the result of SSA's actions against me, which make my duties impossible to perform legally and ethically, have caused me serious attendant mental, physical, and emotional distress, and constitute a constructive discharge. After reporting internally to management and externally to regulators serious data security and integrity concerns impacting our citizens' most sensitive personal data, I have suffered exclusion, isolation, internal strife, and a culture of fear, creating a hostile work environment and making work conditions intolerable. I have served this Country for almost my entire adult life, first as an Active-Duty Naval Officer for over 22 years, and now as a civil servant. I was deployed during 9/11, decorated for valor in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and graduated from US Naval Test Pilot School. As a civil servant, I have served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow, in the Centers for Disease Control during COVID, within OMB on the Federal CIO Data Team, and now serve as the SSA Chief Data Officer (CDO). I have served in each of these roles with honor and integrity.

As the SSA CDO, I am responsible for providing oversight and Governance to ensure the safety, integrity, and security of the public's data at SSA. My position requires full visibility into data access and exchange across all SSA systems and environments. My duties include ensuring compliance with federal data privacy, security, and regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring data is handled in accordance with internal and external policies, standards, and industry best practices. SSA data is among the most sensitive data in the Federal Government, and the CDO must be well informed about all sensitive data exchanges, storage implementations, and data access concerns. Recently, I have been made aware of several projects and incidents which may constitute violations of federal statutes or regulations, involve the potential safety and security of high value data assets in the cloud, possibly provided unauthorized or inappropriate access to agency enterprise data storage solutions, and may involve unauthorized data exchange with other agencies. As these events evolved, newly installed leadership in IT and executive offices created a culture of panic and dread, with minimal information sharing, frequent discussions on employee termination, and general organizational dysfunction. Executives and employees are afraid to share information or concerns on questionable activities for fear of retribution or termination, and repeated requests by me for visibility into these events have been rebuffed or ignored by agency leadership, with some employees directed not to reply to my queries.

As a result of these events, I am put in the intolerable situation of not having visibility or oversight into activities that potentially violate statutes and regulations which I, as the CDO, may legally or otherwise be held accountable for should I continue in this position. Additionally, I cannot verify that agency data is being used in accordance with legal agreements or in compliance with federal requirements. The escalating and relentless daily stress of lack of visibility and exclusion from decision-making on these activities, silence from leadership, and anxiety and fear over potential illegal actions resulting in the loss of citizen data, is more than a reasonable employee could bear. I started this position with high hopes and aspirations for continuing to serve our country and its citizens. However, due to my concerns regarding SSA's questionable and potentially unlawful data management practices, and the inability to exercise my statutory duties as DO, I believe my position is untenable and that this constitutes an intolerable working environment for a Chief Executive tasked with specific responsibilities and accountability. Please consider this letter my notice of resignation from SSA, effective immediately. Very Respectfully, Charles Borges Chief Data Officer, Social Security Administration

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