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Statement of the Honorable James B. Lockhart, III
Deputy Commissioner of Social Security
Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee
Hearing on the Homeland Security Threat from Document Fraud
Identity Theft and Social Security Number Misuse
September 9, 2003
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
Thank you for asking me to be here today to discuss issues surrounding document fraud, identity theft, and misuse of the Social Security Number (SSN). I am pleased to have the opportunity to tell you about the efforts that SSA has made to strengthen the integrity of the SSN, and to describe the SSN verification processes we have in place. I also want to discuss what we are doing to help states to verify the names and SSNs of individuals who apply for driver's licenses. The SSN is the single most widely used identifier for Federal and State governments as well as the private sector. As the number of uses for SSNs increases, especially in the private sector, so the potential for misuse of the SSN increases.
The tragic events of September 11, 2001, have brought home to all of us the need to strengthen the safeguards to protect against the misuse of the SSN. Since Commissioner Barnhart and I have been at the Social Security Administration, we have made protecting the SSN and strengthening the integrity of the processes used to assign these numbers a major Agency priority. We have made a number of significant enhancements in the last two years and will continue to look for ways to improve on the safeguards now in place.
History of the Social Security Number and Card
First, I would like to describe the history and the original purpose of the SSN and the Social Security card. Following the enactment of the Social Security Act in 1935, the SSN was developed to keep track of the earnings of people who worked in jobs covered under the new Social Security program. The rules regarding the assignment of SSNs to workers were published in Treasury regulations in 1936.
The Social Security card reflects the number that has been assigned to each individual who applies for an SSN. The card, when shown to an employer, assists the employer in assuring that earnings are reported properly. Public information documents issued early in the administration of the program advised workers to share their SSNs only with their employers. Initially, the only purpose of the SSN was to assure that SSA kept accurate records of earnings under Social Security so that we could pay benefits based on those earnings.
Use of the SSN Expands Over Time
Although the purpose of the SSN was narrowly drawn from the outset of the program, use of the SSN as a convenient means of identifying people in large systems of records has increased over the years. In 1943, Executive Order 9397 required Federal agencies to use the SSN in any new record systems for the purpose of identifying individuals. This use proved to be an early reflection of what has become an enduring trend to expand the use of the SSN. The simplicity and efficiency of using a unique number that most people already possessed encouraged widespread use of the SSN by both government agencies and private enterprises, especially as they adapted their record-keeping and business systems to automated data processing.
In 1961, the Federal Civil Service Commission established a numerical identification system for all Federal employees using the SSN as the identification number. The next year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decided to begin using the SSN as its taxpayer identification (TIN) for individuals. In 1967, the Defense Department adopted the SSN as the service number for military personnel. At the same time, use of the SSN for computer and other accounting systems spread throughout State and local governments, to banks, credit bureaus, hospitals, educational institutions and other parts of the private sector. During this time, there were no legislative restrictions on the use of the SSN.
Statutory Provision Relating to the Public Sector
The first explicit statutory authority to issue SSNs was not enacted until 1972, when Congress required that SSA assign SSNs to all noncitizens authorized to work in this country and take affirmative steps to assign SSNs to children and anyone receiving or applying for a Federally funded benefit. This provision was prompted by Congressional concerns about welfare fraud and about noncitizens working in the U.S. illegally. Subsequent Congresses have enacted legislation which requires an SSN in order to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, and food stamps. Additional legislation authorized States to use the SSN in the administration of tax, general public assistance, driver's license, or motor vehicle registration law within its jurisdiction.
The Privacy Act was enacted in 1974 partly in response to concern about the widespread use of the SSN. It provided that, except when required by Federal statute or regulation adopted prior to January 1975, no Federal, State, or government agency could withhold benefits from a person simply because the person refused to furnish his or her SSN.
In the 1980s, new legislation provided for additional uses of the SSN, including employment eligibility verification, military draft registration, driver's licenses, and for operators of stores that redeem food stamps. Legislation was also enacted that required taxpayers to provide the SSN for each dependent age 5 or older. The age requirement was lowered subsequently, and an SSN is now required for dependents regardless of age.
In the 1990s, SSN usage continued to expand with legislation that authorized its use for jury selection and for administration of Federal workers' compensation laws. A major expansion of SSN usage was provided in welfare reform legislation enacted in 1996. Under welfare reform, to improve child support enforcement, the SSN was authorized to be recorded in a broad array of records, including applications for professional licenses, driver's licenses, and marriage licenses, divorce decrees, support orders, and paternity determinations. In addition, the SSN is integral to the operation of the State and National New Hire Directories that were established in welfare reform to enhance collection of child support payments.
Use of the SSN by the Private Sector
Currently, there are no restrictions in Federal law on the use of the SSN by the private sector. Businesses may ask for a customer's SSN for such things as renting a video, applying for credit cards, obtaining medical services, and applying for public utilities. Customers may refuse to provide the number, however, the business may, in turn, decline to furnish the product or service.
Continuing advances in computer technology and the ready availability of computerized data have encouraged the growth of information brokers who amass and sell large volumes of personal information, including SSNs collected by businesses. When possible, information brokers store and retrieve information about an individual by that individual's SSN because it is more likely than any other identifier to maintain unique records for each specific individual.
Contemporary Challenges Regarding the SSN
As you can see, Mr. Chairman, use of the SSN is widespread in our society. This usage is the product of numerous decisions made over the years. The cumulative effect is to make the SSN an important element in establishing and maintaining an individual's identity in various record systems, and the ability of individuals to function in our society and economy. As a result, the SSN is prized by criminals who are intent on stealing another person's identity, or creating a false identity.
Accomplished identity thieves use a variety of methods to gain access to personal data. We at the Social Security Administration want to do whatever we can to help prevent identity theft and assist in the apprehension and conviction of those who engage in this crime.
Agency Response to SSN Misuse and Identity Theft
Validating requests for SSNs and issuing Social Security cards is a major workload for SSA. For fiscal year 2002, we issued 18 million Social Security cards, of which 12.4 million were replacement cards. Of the approximately 5.6 million new SSNs issued, over 1 million were issued to noncitizens, the vast majority of whom were issued an SSN because their immigration status authorizes them to work. Both the events of September 11, 2001, and the rapid increase in the incidence of identity theft have emphasized the importance of strengthening the administrative processes employed by SSA in assigning SSNs. In the fall of 2001, SSA formed a high-level team which has met regularly ever since to recommend and follow progress toward policy and procedural enhancements to strengthen our ability to prevent criminals from using SSNs and cards to advance their activities. Some of these initiatives have delayed the receipt of SSNs for some citizens and noncitizens. However, we believe these measures are necessary to ensure the integrity of the SSN issuance process and to assure that only those who are entitled to an SSN receive one.
Shortly after September 11, we began a cycle of retraining for all of our employees regarding the rules for enumerating individuals, with a special focus on the rules relating to noncitizens. We started with refresher training for all involved staff, and have followed on with additional periodic special training and management oversight.
We have eliminated a significant vulnerability in our enumeration processes relating to requests for SSNs from individuals who are not citizens of the U.S. The vulnerability stemmed from the ability of counterfeiters to produce high-quality replicas of immigration documents issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). While we have always emphasized and continue to emphasize with our employees the importance of scrutinizing all immigration documents to identify those that are obviously fraudulent, we concluded that improvements in desk top publishing software made such scrutiny unreliable as a defense against counterfeit documents.
Therefore, on July 1, 2002, we began verifying with DHS any documents issued by them before assigning an SSN. We are able to verify most of these electronically. But if a record of the immigration document has not been established on DHS's electronic system, we request written confirmation from DHS that the documents submitted are bona fide. No SSN is assigned until the authenticity of the immigration documents has been verified. While verification of all documents has delayed SSN issuance to some noncitizens, we believe that such verification is an important step in ensuring the integrity of the enumeration process.
We have been successful in establishing a process, administered jointly by SSA and the Department of State, to assign SSNs and issue SSN cards to selected noncitizens as part of the process that allows them to enter the country as permanent residents. Under this process, known as "Enumeration at Entry (EAE)," the data required to assign an SSN, including verification of the individual's immigration and work authorization status, are provided to SSA by the Department of State (DOS) and the DHS (formerly INS).
We have also revised our verification processes with respect to young children. The vast majority of children receive an SSN through our "Enumeration at Birth (EAB)" program where parents can request an SSN at the same time that the child's birth is registered with the state vital statistics organization. Where an SSN is not requested through EAB, the parents must contact at the local Social Security office. Since parents generally need an SSN for various reasons in the first year of a child's life, such as listing a child as a dependent on a tax return, it is unusual for an SSN application to be delayed past that first year. In addition to verifying birth certificates that are suspicious for any reason, in June 2002 we began verifying all birth certificates with the issuing states for children age 1 and over. In some cases these verifications can be done electronically, in others a paper process is used. Again these verifications can delay issuance of the SSN, causing inconvenience to the parents, but we believe this process is valuable in ensuring that SSNs are not issued inappropriately.
SSA is leading a new government project to facilitate the verification of vital statistics such as birth records. "E-Vital" should reduce the cost and time it takes to verify both birth and death information. While we continue to look for ways to improve our current processes, clearly implementation of these linkages would facilitate our ability to verify birth certificates. E-Vital would reduce resources needed to do these verifications by eliminating the very labor intensive paper process and reduce or eliminate the extra time parents must wait to get an SSN. At the e-Gov 2003 Conference and Exposition in June, SSA received the Pioneer Award in the area of e-Government for the e-Vital program.
To test the feasibility of bringing a tighter focus overall on issues related to the assignment of SSNs, we opened a Social Security Card Center in Brooklyn, New York in November 2002. The center represents a joint effort between SSA, SSA's Office of the Inspector General and the DHS Bureau of Citizenship and Immigrations Services (BCIS). Employees from SSA work with staff from these agencies to bring together in a single office the technical and investigative perspectives of each of the participating agencies. The results have been encouraging, and we are considering whether additional card centers would be successful in other parts of the Country.
We have taken a number of steps to protect the privacy of people's SSNs when they receive correspondence from us. For example, since late 2001, we no longer include the first five digits of the SSN on Social Security Statements or on Social Security cost-of-living notices. Envelopes completely conceal SSNs when they are included in correspondence where an SSN is necessary. Further, the Department of Treasury plans to implement procedures in 2004 that will end the necessity of including on paper checks the SSN of the individual to whom the check has been made payable.
In our efforts to enhance the integrity of our enumeration processes and further reduce opportunities for fraud through misuse and/or improper attainment of SSNs, we proposed changing our evidence requirements for assignment of SSNs and by defining "valid nonwork reasons." In March 2002, SSA stopped assigning SSNs to noncitizens for the sole purpose of applying for a driver's license. We would issue an SSN to noncitizens only if they were authorized to work or where needed for a federally funded or state public assistance benefit. This closed a loophole on noncitizens applying for drivers' licenses just to get an SSN. At that time, we issued a letter to Governors in advance of the change. We also notified the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) of the change.
A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of nonimmigrants residing in Illinois and Alabama who were denied SSNs for drivers' license purposes (Iyengar v. B. Barnhart) 233 F. Supp. 221-5 (D.D.C.-2002). On November 26, 2002, the U.S. District Court issued a decision holding that the March 2002 change to our program instructions was invalid and that SSA must use notice-and-comment procedures to effectuate this change. As a result of that case, in December 2002, we reinstated our prior policy pending publication of the proposed change in the Federal Register.
On March 26, 2003, we published a proposed rule to allow us to resume the restriction on nonwork SSNs by announcing that we would define a "valid nonwork purpose'' as those instances when a Federal statute or regulation requires a non citizen to have an SSN in order to receive a federally-funded benefit to which the non citizen has established entitlement, or when a State or local law requires an non citizen who is legally in the U.S. to have an SSN in order to receive general public assistance benefits to which the non citizen has established entitlement. In so doing, we will no longer issue an SSN so that a noncitizen may qualify to apply for a driver's license.
We also announced in that proposed rule that we would require an in-person interview with all individuals age 12 or older who are applying for an original SSN, and we will no longer waive the requirement to provide evidence of identity in original applications for a child under age 7.
The public comment period for these proposed changes ended on May 27, and we expect to implement these changes upon publication of the final rules.
Verification of SSNs
On an ongoing basis, SSA currently provides over 770 million SSN verifications a year to many thousands of different users, and the number of requests and users continues to grow rapidly. It is important to remember that when SSA receives a request for verification of an SSN, all we can really verify is whether the information included in the request, name, date of birth, etc., matches the information in our records for that SSN. Even if that information does match, it is no guarantee that the person presenting that SSN to the requesting agency or employer is in fact the person to whom that SSN was originally issued.
We have created a pilot of a web-based on-line system for employers to verify the names and SSNs of newly hired employees. This system, the Social Security Number Verification Service, is also known as SSNVS. It supplements other SSN verification systems that have been available to employers for more than twenty years. Currently, 69 companies have enrolled to participate in the pilot, and employers have used SSNVS over 8,800 times to verify over 1.7 million SSNs.
One of the services offered by SSA to certain government agencies that use the SSN is to verify SSNs that have been provided to them by individuals who have applied for services from that agency. A partial list of the various users of these verification services include:
- The Department of Education to verify the SSN's of individuals applying for federal student aid
- State human services agencies for TANF, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, worker's compensation and pension coordination
- HHS, Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to manage their database of SSNs and new hires
- Prisons to verify the SSNs of inmates whose benefits should be suspended because of their incarceration
- The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to assist in criminal and fraud investigations and to help track fugitive felons
- Department of Justice and state and local law enforcement agencies to assist in certain criminal matters and fraud investigations and to help track fugitive felons
- The Department of Veteran's Affairs for applicants for VA benefits and medical services
- The Department of Homeland Security for immigration purposes
- The Department of State for immigration purposes
- The Department of Defense for employees and military inductees
- Internal SSA users for purposes of administering benefits programs
- Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for emergency relief benefit coordination
- SSA provides SSN verification service to meet the needs of state Departments of Motor Vehicles.
Verification of SSNs for Driver's Licenses
While many of these verifications are geared toward preventing abuse of welfare and other cash paying benefit programs, the verification service we provide to the departments of motor vehicles are especially important with respect to the prevention of crimes related to identity theft and fraud. Since 1997, SSA has worked jointly with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) to provide an SSN verification service that is tailored to the needs of state Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMVs).
The SSA Online Verification Service (SSOLV) enables DMVs to request verification of an SSN from SSA while processing an application for a driver's license. Under this service, DMV employees enter the data necessary for verification through software maintained and administered by AAMVA. The software directs the request to SSA, where the information that has been entered by the DMV is to be compared to information housed in SSA's records for the individual who has applied for a driver's license. Requests are received by SSA and returned in 1 second or less for 93 percent of these transactions. If our records indicate that an individual applying for a driver's license is deceased, we inform the DMV that there is an issue on our records that must be resolved with SSA. In addition to the online service, state DMVs may submit large numbers of drivers license records to SSA directly for verification. We refer to these as "batch" requests.
Currently, 34 states (including the District of Columbia) have entered into agreements to use the online service. Of those states, 22 states are using the online verification process and four states have begun testing their software with SSA. Nine states have agreements, but have not yet begun testing. (An additional state is testing with SSA but has not yet entered into an agreement). AAMVA plans to begin a renewed campaign to educate the states about the improvements to the process. In FY 2003, we estimate that we will process over 6 million requests from DMVs. AAMVA estimates that with the increased participation and improved systems performance, the number of requests processed in FY 2004 will be approximately 20 million. We expect our current, already low, cost of 3.4 cents per transaction to drop with this increased volume.
Unlike SSOLV, the batch process does not provide information that a death indicator exists in our records. Currently only seven states are using the batch verification process. The primary reason that they use this slower system seems to be cost. The General Accounting Office has recommended that SSA should modify the batch method to include a match against nationwide death records. We agree, and we are working to develop a remedy.
However, increasing the use of the online SSOLV system by the states is the best way to improve the integrity of the licensing system. First and foremost, it provides verification information to the MVA while the driver's license applicant is still at their counter. Negative verification gives the DMV the data it needs to prevent issuance of the driver's license. It is also the most efficient and cost-effective method for the states because it eliminates the need to issue temporary licenses while awaiting the results of the batch verification requests, a process used by some DMVs. This is why SSA is committed to pursuing and expanding the online service. It is a system that works well, works quickly and ensures that fewer people will be able to obtain driver's licenses with fraudulent documentation.
I would like to conclude by emphasizing that we at the Social Security Administration are committed to strengthening the integrity of the processes that we use to assign SSNs. We believe the recent improvements we have implemented have made it more difficult for individuals to obtain SSNs from us through fraudulent means.
The difficult challenge we face is to balance SSA's commitment to assigning numbers quickly and accurately to individuals who qualify for them and need them to work, with the equally important need to maintain the integrity of the enumeration system to prevent SSN fraud and misuse. The President's budget request for FY 2004 includes the funding we need to continue our efforts to meet this challenge.
We have worked in the past and will continue to do so in the future with other Agencies-at the Federal, State and local levels-to assist them in making their processes less vulnerable to those who are intent on committing identity crimes. Together we can take action to thwart those who would abuse the SSN and other agencies' records to perpetrate identity crimes that burden Americans and threaten the security of our nation.

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Rodney King holds in his scarred hands a fishhook and a bag full of big white worms. He crouches on a dock at the edge of a lake on the outskirts of Ontario. It is early, and the sun is bright, the air quiet.
"I got these old fatties from my backyard, and they're gonna be good luck," he says, scooping one of the wriggling creatures from the bag. "They actually look like big ol' maggots. Just gotta be careful: They bite."
He spears the worm with the hook. The worm flails and then goes limp. King stands, tension draining from his face. He raises his fishing pole and casts. "I needed this," he says. "I really needed this."
It has been 20 years this month since rioting brought Los Angeles to its knees. A jury had acquitted four police officers in the beating of King, unleashing an onslaught of pent-up anger. There were 54 riot-related deaths and nearly $1 billion in property damage as the seams of the city blew apart.
King remembers. He rubs his right cheek, numb since the beating, and describes what it was like to be struck by batons, stung by Tasers.
"It felt," he says, "like I was an inch from death."
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Later he confides that he is at peace with what happened to him.
"I would change a few things, but not that much," he says. "Yes, I would go through that night, yes I would. I said once that I wouldn't, but that's not true. It changed things. It made the world a better place."
He is 47 now — jobless and virtually broke. Gone is the settlement money he got after suing the city for violating his civil rights. All $3.8 million of it. Huge chunks went to the lawyers, he says, some to family members, some he simply wasted.
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The settlement did provide a down payment on the inconspicuous rambler that is his home in Rialto. He says he cobbles together mortgage payments. Every so often he gets hired to pour concrete at a construction site. He has earned small paydays fighting in celebrity boxing matches. He received an advance — less than six figures, he says, but significant nonetheless — for allowing his story to be told in a book set to go on sale Tuesday: "The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption."
Rodney King redeemed?
He inhabits a world stocked with heartache and struggle. He calls himself a recovering addict but has not stopped drinking and possesses a doctor's clearance for medical marijuana. He says he is happy and hopeful, content enough now to forgive the officers who beat him. But he tenses when they are mentioned and admits to being burdened by the weight of his name. He suffers nightmares, flashbacks and raw nerves that echo the symptoms of a shellshocked survivor of war.
On the dock, he gazes out at the smooth water. Fishing is healing. It calms him. Once his therapy was the ocean and surfing, until he was frightened one day by a school of dolphins that he mistook for sharks.
"I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero," he says of the beating. "Others hate me. They say I deserved it. Other people, I can hear them mocking me for when I called for an end to the destruction, like I'm a fool for believing in peace."
Rialto is a working-class suburb 50 miles east of the Pasadena foothills where King grew up. His home has a tattered look and, at least temporarily, a blue-green tarp for a back fence.
"The neighbors were looking through the holes in the old fence, so I tore it down," he says. "They were trying to see Rodney King."
Near the tarp is a small pool. Before he became a household name, King was a construction worker with a union card. He set the stone surrounding the pool. In black tile, he inscribed two dates: 3/3/91, the night he suffered over 50 blows from police batons, and 4/29/92, the night the rioting began.
King, the father of three grown daughters, is engaged to be married a third time.
Problem is, he can't let go of the past.
On his walls, or stacked forlornly on the carpet, are photographs, paintings and newspaper and magazine clippings that tell how the police pounded him; how four officers were charged in state court but not convicted; how the city erupted in rioting, and how two of the officers, both white, were subsequently found guilty in federal court of violating King's civil rights.
King's eyes settle on pictures of those two officers, Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell. Each was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
"Man, that's Koon right there," he says with a visible shudder. "I'm just glad I survived what he did to me."
Tall and broad-shouldered, King has a goatee and a short Afro that obscure some of the scars. He walks with a limp. He is polite but often seems timid and unsure. Sometimes he is insightful, other times boastful, but there are moments when he appears to drift.
That's from the beating, he says. Brain damage.
His drinking and drugging and a few jarring traffic accidents hardly helped.
"There was the time my car went off the road and came to a stop on a tree," he says, referring to a 2003 crash. Blood tests revealed PCP in his system.
"PCP ain't no joke," says King, who was ordered to rehab and spent a few weeks in jail. "That stuff really got its hooks into me for, oh, I think about a year."
Some things unfailingly hold his attention. One is a large photograph above his fireplace. It is King, in a blue suit and a paisley tie, looking out at a pack of reporters.
"That's me saying those words people still talk about," he mutters. He says them, under his breath. "Can we all get along?"
Looking at these artifacts, he says, gives him an oddly detached sensation. A part of him cannot believe he is that man.
Yet he hangs on to all of it.
"That is my history, part of my history, part of me surviving," he says.
As to why he wouldn't change what happened that night, he has a theory. True, the beating and the first trial led to deadly violence. It fills him with guilt. How can he not feel responsible for what some still call "the Rodney King riots"? Yet good came of it. The convictions of Koon and Powell, he says, the moral weight that pushed his call to "get along" deep into the public consciousness — these things helped change the world.
"A lot of people would have never had [a chance to succeed] if I had not survived that beating," he says.
"Obama? Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people...."
When he was 2, King's family moved from Sacramento to Altadena, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Los Angeles, particularly South L.A., tough and dangerous, seemed a world away.
"He's not now and never has been a real city guy, with that kind of sophistication," says his cousin, Ontresicia Averette.
King's parents cleaned offices and homes for a living. His father, Ronald, known in the neighborhood as "Kingfish," was a hard-edged alcoholic who, before dying in his early 40s from pneumonia, heaped physical abuse on his son.
"Maybe those whuppings prepared me for Koon," King says.
In junior high, King began drinking. As an adult, he was no angel. In 1989, he pleaded guilty to robbing a market in Monterey Park; the owner accused King of attacking him with a tire iron. King was given a two-year sentence.
The night of the beating, he hadn't been out of jail very long. He had spent the evening drinking and watching TV with friends. Around midnight, he was caught speeding and led police on a chase that ended in Lake View Terrace. A test showed that King's blood-alcohol level was slightly below the legal limit. The test was taken five hours after he'd been in custody, however, warranting estimates that it had been well above the legal limit while he was at the wheel.
Growing up, he had leaned heavily on his mother, Odessa, a devout Jehovah's Witness. Her vision was both idealistic and apocalyptic: Yes, the world would end one day, possibly soon. But it would be replaced by a better one, where people of all races come together, sharing peace. King was never a full follower of his mother's faith; he was too tied to booze and women. But her beliefs contributed to his hopeful — others call it naive — understanding of life.
That could explain why, when the four accused officers were acquitted, King holed up in his bedroom with a bottle of brandy and wept.
Even now, as he remembers, his jaw tightens.
He hasn't talked about this much, but when the rioting began shortly after the verdict, he put on a wig of dreadlocks so he would not be recognized and drove toward the angry heart of the city.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," he says. "Mayhem, people everywhere, pissed off, looting, burning. Gunshots. I turned back and went home. I looked at all of that and I thought to the way I was raised, with good morals from my mother, even though I didn't always follow them.
"I said to myself, 'That is not who I am, all this hate. I am not that guy. This does not represent me or my family, killing people over this. No, sir, that is not the way I was raised by my mother.' I began to realize that I had to say something to the people, had to try to get them to stop."
So, on the third day of the rioting, he pleaded on television: "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along?"
During the first decade after the riots, King started an unsuccessful hip-hop recording company, had a series of tempestuous romances and steadily ran into trouble.
Over the last 20 years, he has had repeated contact with law enforcement. He long ago stopped keeping track of his arrests for crimes such as driving under the influence and domestic assault.
"Eleven times?" he wonders. "Twelve?"
"Man, all this crap I put myself through, yeah it's embarrassing," says King, who pushed back into public view in 2008, when he joined the reality show "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew."
"For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering what people are thinking. Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?"
His latest trouble came last summer. He was driving his beaten 1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse in Moreno Valley when a pair of Riverside County sheriff's deputies pulled him over. They said he was swerving and had nearly hit another car. According to the official report, King was compliant and repeatedly replied, "Yes, Sarge" to one of the deputies.
Still, King's rapid speech and a white paste on his mouth and tongue were noted. He was sweating heavily, his pulse raced, his hands shook and his eyes were bloodshot. He performed poorly in a series of sobriety tests. In his pocket, the report states, was a bottle filled with marijuana for which King had a medical license. Suspecting he was high, the deputies took him into custody.
Within hours, news of the arrest was everywhere.
Tests showed that his alcohol level was nearly at the legal limit and that he had traces of marijuana in his blood. After pleading guilty to a "wet reckless" driving charge, he was put under house arrest and ordered to enroll in a drunk-driving program.
By his own account, his drinking continues, as does his pot smoking — medical marijuana offering physical relief from the headaches and pain he says he has suffered since the beating.
He says he "will always be in recovery." But then he adds, "I'm one of those guys who can stop when he needs to. I know my limits. Besides, a little bit here and there keeps the edge off. And after what I've been through...."
He describes his most recent nightmare, which was only a few weeks ago: He saw the faces of all four LAPD officers accused of striking him.
On the street, the sight of a police officer fills him with anxiety. This is why, he says, his pulse rate climbed during the Moreno Valley arrest.
"My God," he says, "it ain't ever going to go away."
On a recent day, during lunch at a local restaurant, he carries in a flask and takes a sip. Apple cider and champagne, he confides.
Then he tells this story:
"It was like three months ago. I was on a Metrolink, coming home from L.A." A young sheriff's deputy walked in. "He was just doing his job...."
As King recounts the incident, his eyes narrow, his right hand shakes.
"My mind is flashing back to the incident in '91," he says. "Because I see the uniform, so immediately I am thinking back to that beating."
It was a struggle, he says, to not dwell on "bad thoughts."
Bad thoughts?
"Kick some ass. Revenge. I mean, all kinds of things. Your mind will drift off so you gotta hold on for yourself. You find yourself in a bad way if you let your mind drift too long, you know."
As King retells it, the deputy turned toward him and said, "I thought that was you, Rodney! How you doing, man? How is everything going? Good? All right, you take care of yourself."
"Wow," King says. "So you sit, and you think, 'Oh, times have changed.' "
His words hang there. "Times. Have. Changed."
Rodney King tilts back his flask and takes another sip.
He is grinning.
One in a series of stories about the 1992 riots and how they reshaped Southern California.


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The limited edition red Wii will come in a $199.99 bundle with New Super Mario Bros. Wii as well as Wii Sports and a red Wii Remote Plus--the fancy new controller with the sensitivity-increasing MotionPlus peripheral built in. Wii Sports Resort, which has been bundled with new Wiis since May, is not included, replaced by New Super Mario Bros.
The $179.99 DSi XL bundle packs a red edition of the oversized handheld emblazoned with some Mario artwork, Mario Kart DS and the regular DSiWare pack-in titles Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Math and Photo Clock.
The red bundles were announced for Japan and Europe earlier this month. The DSi XL will be out in Europe on October 22, followed by the Wii on October 29.
We imagine we'll see Nintendo confirm that the massive Super Mario Collection will also be released in North America, as Nintendo has already revealed that it'll be released in Europe as well as Japan. Packing Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, a booklet on the history of Mario and a CD of Mario music, it's due out in Japan on October 23 then in Europe on December 3.


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Late afternoon Crepuscular Rays reign down on a lone California Oak, Diablo Mountain Range, Santa Clara Valley, San Benito County, California, USA.
Country lane line with eucalyptus trees and fog, San Benito County, California, USA
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Gettysburg's small African-American community proudly tells stories of ancestors who fought in the Civil War, of a young woman who shook President Abraham Lincoln's hand and of the men who buried thousands of bodies after the battle.
But they also speak of a struggle to preserve that history and of discrimination that continued long after the war ended — even where Lincoln himself reminded Americans of our defining ideal: that all men are created equal.
"Our story here in this town, and in this state, and in this country has not been told," said Mary Alice Nutter, 68, who has been working to fulfill her mother's dying wish for an African-American history museum in the town where Union soldiers turned the tide of the Civil War, helping to end slavery in the United States.
A century and a half after the Battle of Gettysburg, the nascent museum project is aimed not only at chronicling the deeds of the black soldiers who fought there and those who buried the dead, but also the experiences of their descendants who can recall a civil rights struggle that persists in living memory.
Nutter and other members of the community have been collecting photographs, historical records, and oral histories for the museum project currently housed in a small temporary space.
One picture shows William Francis Penn, a Gettysburg battlefield guide, posing with a group of well-dressed African-Americans in front of a 1920s auto. Another is of Cecilia Eliza Jane Biggs — who shook Lincoln's hand — in a Victorian dress. There's the story of local veterinarian Basil Biggs, who was one of the men who received four cents per body to bury the dead after the battle, and the white Wert family, who aided the Underground Railroad.
Nutter, whose great-great grandfather, Lloyd F. A. Watts, served in the Union Army toward the end of the war and went on to become a respected teacher and preacher, said the project aims to correct a historical oversight: when she grew up local schools didn't mention that African-Americans fought during the Civil War — or that segregation was being openly practiced in Gettysburg until the 1960s.
The path hasn't always been easy, but about two years ago she found Ron Bailey, a partner with new skills and energy. After retiring from a career with IBM, Bailey has used his organizational and people skills to tirelessly campaign for the museum.
"What we do have is one of the most amazing stories of black people in the U.S.," Bailey said. "We're looking for an angel donor."
Dick Peterson, a former Gettysburg borough council president who is white, said many local people are "coming to realize" that the stories of African-Americans haven't been properly told.
"We've given short-shrift to the black community in terms of their contribution to the war," said Peterson, 82, who called efforts to create the museum "exceedingly important."
James Paradis, a historian and author of the book "African-Americans and the Gettysburg Campaign," said many black families visited the battlefield to pay their respects in the decades after the Civil War, but numbers declined as more emphasis was placed on military strategy and Confederate forces. For example, reconciliation was a key theme at the 50th anniversary of the battle in 1913, and so Confederate veterans were invited.
"But the irony is just so bitter — the black veterans were not invited to the 50th anniversary," Paradis said. "That's symbolic of what's happened. If you had been there at the time of the battle you would have seen thousands of blacks on both sides," serving as aides, cooks and other staff.
Nutter said the lofty ideals of the Gettysburg Address — given to dedicate the Soldiers' National Cemetery — was a mandatory topic in school, but the reality for African-Americans was, and is, different.
"What President Lincoln said is beautiful. Love it. Deep down love it. But this country, to this day, nationally, we're not living it," Nutter said.
Indeed, only a few years after the war a separate cemetery for black veterans was created in Gettysburg because they were "denied burial in the National Cemetery because of segregation policies," according to a historical marker placed in 2003.
The Rev. John Spangler of the Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary agreed that the stories of local African-Americans "have been far too invisible," even at the seminary, which was founded in 1826. "We haven't had the pride to tell it often and proudly enough," he said, though that's changing with new exhibits.
Nutter said she wouldn't change her childhood in Gettysburg "for anything" and spoke of support from friends in the white community. But she also remembered a time when blacks weren't allowed to sit downstairs in the local theatre, and that her mother used to tell stories about the Ku Klux Klan burning crosses in the yards of local families.
Jessie Smith, 64, recalled one local tavern that wouldn't allow African-Americans to enter by the front door. Once inside, they had to sit on buckets, not chairs.
"My growing up, there was a lot of prejudice and racism," she said.
Gettysburg wasn't alone, according to Pennsylvania's official Black History program, which notes that such discrimination continued through the 1950s and 1960s in many areas, including large cities.
"While there were no 'White Only' and 'Colored Only' signs to indicate a segregated facility in Pennsylvania, public places of business and recreation continued their distinctive Jim Crow approach that was informally in place," the program notes.
Other Gettysburg African-Americans said there have been improvements in recent decades.
"I didn't have many issues getting a job," said Stephanie Moses, 47, who credits older African-Americans for breaking down racial barriers.
Nutter said the museum aims to communicate untold stories in order to "bring some semblance of peace and understanding" to Gettysburg's complex racial legacy. Ultimately, it's a message for people of all races, she said.
"All of us, we're mixed with white, anyway," Nutter said. "And today, at our reunions... there are mixed marriages like you wouldn't believe. Who cares what color, or whatever, any more."
"I hope this enlightens all people," Nutter said of the museum. "I'm looking for love and peace and kindness among all people, regardless of race."
But she added that "you've got to try and see things from other people's viewpoint" in order to get that peace.
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You will be working at height and so need to be confident in that environment but all appropriate training courses will be given if needed.
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John Reed used to dream of an early-60s fullsize custom. Smooth with scallops, tuck n roll, and Supremes; you know, the typical Bellflower cruiser, dragging its tail through his imagination until the vision was so vivid that he just had to make it happen.
He put the word out and sooner rather than later John received a call from one of his buddies in Southern California, who told him the tale of a solid 60 Poncho hardtop that fit the bill perfectly. John had the friend check the car out and, the following week, the Cat was transported to Michigan. It was solid all right, with a fairly recent green-on-green scallop job and a boss tuck n roll in white. The only downer was the original drivetrain, which had seen better days.
In need of a drivetrain rebuild, John went shopping and decided that Hot Rods & Custom Stuff in Escondido, California, was the place to go. John had heard of Randy Clark and his shop from friends, and after speaking to Randy on the phone and again at the Detroit Autorama, where he saw some of Randys Ridler-winning handiwork, a deal was worked out and the car went back out to California. Over the next year, Clarks crack team of builders completely refurbished the entire drivetrain and suspension, detailed it to the hilt, and delivered the freshened custom to its excited owner. Now that his dream is reality, Johns looking forward to show season and especially to the Woodward Dream Cruisehis dream within a dream.


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Here's Another Inventor Who Willingly Gave Away His Greatest Idea In Order To Establish It As A Global Standard
from the true-generosity dept
Beyond the fact that you are using it to read these words, the Web has undeniably had a major impact on a large part of the world's population. It's certainly one of the greatest inventions of recent times, and as Techdirt has noted before, one of the reasons it has taken off in such an amazing way, and led to so many further innovations, is because Sir Tim Berners-Lee decided not to patent it.
Few would argue that the
when Smith collaborated with a handful of Japanese companies -- including Roland and Yamaha -- to bring MIDI into the world 30 years ago, he skipped the licensing fees, instead offering up his idea for the world to steal. "We wanted to be sure we had 100% participation, so we decided not to charge any other companies that wanted to use it," says Smith.
What's noteworthy here -- aside from the ridiculous use of the word "steal" -- is that letting people use the MIDI standard for free was not some accident or oversight: well before the example of Berners-Lee, Smith understood that it was the best way to get his standard widely adopted. That's not to say that he hasn't occasionally hankered after the riches he might have received had he charged for a license, but in the end he recognizes the "obvious" rightness of the move:
Smith at times questions his decision to forgo licensing fees for MIDI, but ultimately comes back to the same conclusion. "It seemed like an obvious thing to do at the time," he says, "and in hindsight, I think it was the right thing to do." In the world of technology, that makes Smith a different kind of legendary.
Indeed: thanks to that far-sighted decision 30 years ago, he joins Berners-Lee as one of the true benefactors of humanity. Let's hope that in the coming years there are many more with vision enough to join them.
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Rachel got her start in journalism in 2000 as a columnist covering local sporting events in Dover, NH. After graduating from George Washington University, Rachel was hired as a volunteer for "The Diane Rehm Show" and was named WAMU's volunteer of the year in 2008. While in Washington D.C., Rachel also served as international specialist for the Department of Justice before taking a position as an associate director in NPR's development department. During her time at NPR, Rachel worked in institutional giving where she developed philanthropic partnerships and collaborated with journalists and editorial leaders to plan strategic fundraising approaches.
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In De Wolken (Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 9/3/1971)
Nico Visscher was trained as a lithographer and began his career with a printing firm and as a designer with an advertising agency. In the evening hours he studied at the Groningen Art Academy to develop his illustration skills. He became a cartoonist with Nieuwsblad van het Noorden in 1961, doing initially current affairs jokes and from 1963 onwards political cartoons. Between 1977 and 1993 he made the daily cartoon panel 'Korrel'.
Visscher has designed toys and puzzles, illustrated school books. In the early 1970s he made the comic strip 'In De Wolken' for Nieuwsblad van het Noorden and De Leeuwarder Courant. The texts were written by Kees Stip, and it was signed NiKe. Visscher has also worked for Brandpunt, a publication of the Fokus foundation, De Gids voor het Personeelsbeleid, De Staatscourant and Bijeen. He retired from Nieuwsblad van het Noorden in 1993, but he is still a cartoonist for the weekly Binnenlands Bestuur.


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(Last night, I was given the "Our Lady of Guadalupe Family Life Award" at the annual dinner for the support of the Montfort Academy, the wonderful high school dedicated to classical Catholic education, in full fidelity to the Church. I'd like to share with you the text of my remarks at the award dinner.)
I would like to thank you for inviting me here to this great event, and for giving me such a splendid award. It is especially gratifying to receive an award like this from an institution that is doing so much to build and sustain a Culture of Life. I often think that awards like this reflect more the generosity of the giver, than the merits of the recipient. But I'm very grateful to you, and I'm also most grateful to God for the many opportunities he has given to me, to give witness to the Gospel of Life. All glory to God!
I think it is particularly appropriate that we're speaking of the Gospel of Life, and our efforts to create a Culture of Life, here in the season of Advent, on this great feast day. We are preparing ourselves for the coming of the Kingdom of God, and the coming of our King — revolutionary events that have changed the world. We are living in anticipation of our salvation, which comes to us through hope (Rom. 8:24) and fills us with great joy.
Of course, when we look around our world, many people are wondering if there is any evidence for that hope, or indeed any hope at all for our world. There is reason for that concern — our society is in the grips of a culture of death, and is very deeply wounded.
We're all aware of the threats at the beginning of life. Abortion on demand is the law of our land, we've seen the re-election of a president who is fully committed to an anti-life agenda, a Supreme Court decision upholding a health care law that institutionalizes abortion, and the spread of the contraceptive mentality that views children not as a gift, but as a threat to be suppressed.
At the end of life, we see continued threats, hidden behind jargon like "quality of life" and "medical futility" or a utilitarian calculation of the allocation of scarce resources.
The family and marriage, are under attack in our courts and legislatures, and we will once again be at the mercy of a Supreme Court decision on such a fundamental issue.
And, we are also aware of those among us who have been wounded — including millions of women and men who suffer in the aftermath of an abortion, as well as the victims of family breakdown.
Our society needs healing from these deep wounds. We are seeking some relief, but it's very hard to find because we are all too often blinded by our wounds. I am reminded of the poignant World War One painting by John Singer Sargent, called "Gassed", which shows a line of injured soldiers, blinded by a poison gas attack, stumbling ahead to find a medical station.
From all appearances, the state of our wounded world seems very bleak. And yet, and yet…
We know something that the world does not. We know a truth that the world does not recognize, or has forgotten — a truth about the human person, about human society, and about our relationship with God. We know that every human being is created in the image and likeness of God, and that every human person — and human society as a whole — has been sanctified and redeemed by Jesus. This vision is attractive and compelling to people — because it is true.
We understand also that there is a law higher than any human law, a law that demands our obedience because it was written by God into our very nature. This natural law offers us a vision of the common good and justice, that recognizes and defends human dignity, and allows for authentic human development.
In fact, we know that there's a revolution going on. It's a revolution of life and love. We know that there is a King whose reign is on the rise. We have a hope that the world can never thwart. And we know that this revolution — and this King — will bring peace and healing to our world.
If we were to rely only on the media, we would be hard pressed to see this. But we can see it, because of our unique perspective. As the Letter to the Hebrews puts it, we are "strangers and exiles" (Heb 11:16), "for here we have no lasting city" (Heb 13:14). Saint Augustine explained that we are citizens of the City of God, but we are still deeply engaged in the City of Man. We may feel that we are in a kind of Babylonian captivity, but we heed the words of God through the Prophet Jeremiah, "seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare" (Jer 29:7).
From this perspective, we can see the revolution of love in so many places:
In all these areas, and in many more, the Culture of Life is being built. We argue, we convince, we give witness, we serve, we share, we suffer with, and we pray. We work for the welfare of this great nation. And we point out to our world the path to the healing it so desperately needs. Of course, this is not easy — it is a struggle, it's hard work.
This struggle is nothing new. Our revolution began in an ancient society immersed in death and sin, which was yearning for redemption and healing. It started in a small family home in Nazareth, where a young woman said "yes" to that strange and fearful message from an angel. It followed our great King as he healed and preached the truth, as he made his way to Calvary. It burst forth from the empty tomb and caught fire in the upper room. It spread through homes and families across the world, inspiring ordinary people who have struggled with all the difficulties and trials of their own times. It strode bravely into the arena where it shed blood and inspired poetry.
Our revolution has always been opposed by the forces of the world. But through it all, it has brought healing and peace to the suffering of every nation and has boldly held aloft the standard of our King.
That standard has now been passed to us. We may be strangers and exiles in this land, but the battle has been joined — in our families, in our marriages, in our parishes, in our schools, in our communities, in our voting booths, in our legislatures, in our courts. In our hearts.
Advent is here. Our King is at hand. Where else would we rather be, except in this struggle, in this time, at the side of our King, at the side of our Queen?
All glory and honor to our King Jesus Christ, now and forever. Amen.
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Can Bugs Increase CD4 Cells?
This question and answer originally appeared on Nelson's "Ask the Experts" forum on Nutrition and Exercise.
Hello, some studies show that probiotic yogurt can increase CD4 counts, but others show risks to those with compromised immune systems taking probiotics. What are your thoughts? I have been on HIV therapy for nearly 3 years and have not yet achieved a consistent CD4 count over 200. My % is 14. I started very low, under 20. Do you know of any progress on immune therapies to raise the counts? I have been following Cytheris and IL-7 therapy but the trials are taking a very long time. Thanks for your help.
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Thanks for this interesting question.
Researchers have discovered that the human body hosts 100 trillion mostly benign bacteria, which help digest food, program the immune system, prevent infection, and even influence mood and behavior.
Everybody hosts at least 10,000 different species of bacteria, contributing up to 5 pounds of body weight. Half of your stool is not leftover food. It is microbial biomass.
Last year, scientists presented evidence that everybody has one of three bacterial profiles characterized by high levels of specific bacterial species.
Microbiome research is in its infancy, but there is already evidence that an imbalance of gut flora may cause gastrointestinal problems such as irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease.
Some 80% of a person's gut flora comes from his or her mother. A newborn exits the womb microbe-free, but it is colonized by the mother's vaginal bacteria as it passes through the birth canal. Other microbes are picked up in the first few years of life.
Diet plays a major role in determining what bacteria people host. However, researchers are still trying to determine what factors could set the microbe population (microbiome) in a good direction versus a bad direction.
Pills, drinks, and yogurts containing probiotic bacteria have become very popular with several TV ads showing daily. A review of probiotics research by scientists at Yale University found that certain strains of bacteria did appear to reduce diarrhea and alleviate irritable bowel syndrome, and another study showed that they could shorten colds. But researchers still aren't sure which bacterial strains are helpful for which conditions, and how they interact with a person's existing microbiome. PCR testing of gut bacteria is a fast evolving field in the present.
The studies that you mentioned that showed that probiotics increase CD4 cells have been done in monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and not in humans with HIV. We need to wait until further data are available from human studies to say for sure if probiotic supplements help HIV+ patients increase their CD4 cells. More information on the studies here: "Effect of HAART on beneficial gut microbes."
I take probiotics when I have diarrhea or after I take antibiotics for any reason. There are several commercially available products out there. Some have more human data than others. I take Culturelle since that was a product used in the latest monkey study that looked at CD4 cells in SIV-infected monkeys supplemented with probiotics.
Interleukin 7 therapy has been shown to increase CD4 cells in HIV-positive patients. However, it is still in early phases of research. A recent study showed that interleukin 7 could not decrease the amount of HIV reservoirs in HIV-positive patients that were treated with it. It is definitely an exciting cytokine that may improve CD4 cells for people who have not responded immunologically to HIV medications. But we will have to wait at least 2 to 3 years to get more access to this option.
Another approach that has been researched lately for patients who do not have increases in CD4 cells over 200 cells per milliliter has been the Sangamo zinc finger nuclease technology that modifies a patient's CD4 cells in the lab so that they are resistant to HIV infection. In early phase 1 studies patients gained a substantial amount of CD4 cells after an infusion of their own CD4 cells which were modified in a lab to have CCR5 receptor mutations. Sangamo is currently studying patients like you to explore the use of their technology as a means to increase CD4 cells in those who have not been able to normalize their CD4 counts after years of HIV treatment. We will keep you abreast of any progress in this area.
I hope this update helped you. Stay tuned for upcoming research data in the field of what we call immunological discordant responders (those who have undetectable viral load for a few years but whose CD4 cells remain under 200 cells/ml).