# 10,000 government email addresses in Ashley Madison list

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-000-government-email-addresses-in-ashley-madison-list/728340>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 20, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-000-government-email-addresses-in-ashley-madison-list/728340 "2015-08-20T13:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-000-government-email-addresses-in-ashley-madison-list/728340/49 "2015-08-21T00:15:26Z")

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> [@Banquet\_Bear](#):
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> …well when you’ve finished linking those credit card details to some number of .gov addresses then we will have something to talk about. But you haven’t, and no-one else has, so lets stop pretending we know how many government employees and contractors were members of the site when the reality is we don’t have a clue.

I said:

> [@What is the word for subconscious borrowing of a pre-existing melody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-word-for-subconscious-borrowing-of-a-pre-existing-melody/95570/6):
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> I would wager that at least some number of the .gov addresses in the database will be linked to credit card transactions.

Not sure how you’re taking that to mean that I’m pretending to know how many, but I guarantee there will be some. Maybe including yours dickface.

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