By contrast, identity theft or accidental confusion involving public records (whenever a clerk in a district court mistypes a social-security number, say) can lead to more devastating mix-ups.

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Spitzer was a clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet in New York.

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Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, said that instead of the contempt citations, the committee should direct the House clerk to file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, exclusively on the executive privilege claim.

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