I just heard this on NBC Nightly News – evidently a privacy advocating organization has made their case for state’s privacy laws by going onto the internet and purchasing the social security numbers and home address information of John Ashcroft, Karl Rove, and other high administration officials.
I laughed heartily.
Getting the address of Rove, Ashcroft, or any other homeowner in the DC area is trivial. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/realestate/ (see Home Values/Owner Last Name).