Both Nelson and Thompson are the top Democrats on homeland security and terrorism panels. But Nelson seems to be wielding the threat of terrorism as a justification to target the newly embattled industry. He has already been talking about amending the Fair Credit Reporting Act in a way that could extend regulations to data brokers.
Democrats lambaste ChoicePoint data leak
Company's privacy snafu raises hackles of some politicians, who demand investigation into "terrorism risk."
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