Caudill Blames Document Filers For SSN Revelations

Oklahoma County Clerk Carolynn Caudill tells Oklahoma City's Fox 25 News that she's not to blame for documents on her website that reveal the Social Security numbers of thousands of Oklahoma County residents.

Caudill said the blame rests with those who file the documents.

Caudill reacted to questions from Fox 25's Andrew Speno following Tuesday's revelation on The McCarville Report Online that the Social Security numbers could easily be found on her website.

Caudill acknowledged she said more than a year ago that the numbers needed to be redacted and that she promised two years ago when the documents were uploaded onto her site that the numbers should be redacted.

Oklahoma County Commissioners on Wednesday approved Caudill's request to hire a Michigan firm to redact the Social Security numbers.

Former County Commissioner Stan Inman, who is running for the clerk's office this year, told Speno the cat's already out of the bag and anyone who wanted to obtain Social Security numbers has long had the opportunity to do so. He described the posting of the documents with the numbers included as "irresponsible."

Watch Speno's interview at http://www.okcfox.com/players/news/top_stories/vid_839.shtml.

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