SSA: We Do Letters, Not Testimony

Michael O’Rourke, district attorney for Fond du Lac County, Wis., is not happy with the Social Security Administration, according to the Fond Du Lac Reporter. O'Rourke sought SSA's help in prosecuting an identity theft case, and the agency was happy to provide a certified letter stating that a Social Security number being used by an accused man was not his. But SSA wouldn't make an employee available to testify in the case, saying that would put too much of a burden on agency resources. O'Rourke says a judge told him the letter wouldn't be sufficient to make his case, so he dropped the charges.