A Genealogue Exclusive [What's That?]
Former Education Secretary William Bennett, already under fire for blaming the U.S. crime rate on black toddlers, has now offended another demographic: family historians.
Bennett explained that some irresponsible Internet genealogists have posted information online about living persons, making the work of identity thieves much easier.
"This is just a hypothetical," Bennett said. "I'm certainly not advocating that this should be done—only that it could be done, and that I'd be willing to pay for the Kool-Aid."
