Coming soon: a proposal to hold the government responsible for every breach of data that occurs because they corruptly assigned some contract to an irresponsibl

Coming soon: a proposal to hold the government responsible for every breach of data that occurs because they corruptly assigned some contract to an irresponsible third party or hired a minimum wage cop who decided surveillance power's main use is to prove that you really do secretly love him [1]. And of course for selling your private photos. [2] Wait. Nope, no way in hell the government is responsible for those things [2] (even ignoring the fact that the government internally knows about thousands of abuse of surveillance data cases as the AP points out and I was able to find 2 references to cases about such abuse, neither held the government responsible for anything (and neither was filed by the government). However they do make clear that government cares deeply that cops not be punished for abusing surveillance systems) [1] https://www.computerworld.com/article/3124641/security/cops-run-unauthorized-searches-on-confidential-databases-for-revenge-stalking.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3124641/security/cops-... [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/08/26/ninth-circuit-overturns-cfaa-verdicts-for-misusing-databases/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...