Sometimes we conservatives go a little overboard. Here is an example . . . .

Editor's notes: here is what an over enthusiastic conservative is doing in Utah with regard to the illegal alien problem. The concern is this: he/she could not have possibly collected this list without looking through the information of hundreds of established American citizens who think this kind of information is, in fact, private information. -- jds.

SALT LAKE CITY — A list of 1,300 Utah residents, with the words “illegal immigrants” marked across the top of each page, has sparked panic among some Hispanics in this state.

The list, which contains details and notation about each person — from home address and telephone number to date of birth and, in the case of pregnant women, their due dates — was sent to law enforcement and media outlets on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Gov. Gary R. Herbert said Wednesday that in investigation was under way to see if state employees might have been involved. . . . . READ MORE >>

The letter accompanying the list said that it was from “Concerned Citizens of the United States” and urged immediate deportation proceedings against the people listed as well as publication of their names by the news media. The letter said that more lists and names would be forthcoming and added: “We will be listening and watching.”

“We are not violent, nor do we support violence,” the letter said. “We love our country. We love our state. We love our government. We love our Constitution. We are simply citizens who continue to see the degradation of our country and our state caused in part by the continuing presence of illegal aliens.”

Angie Welling, a spokeswoman for Governor Herbert, said that the release of the material was significant, but that the specificity of detail was even more troubling.

“Any release of private information of this nature, especially the depth and breadth of it, is concerning,” she said. “The governor wants to be sure that a state agency wasn’t involved, and if it was, to make sure it doesn’t happen again, and to get to the bottom of who was responsible.”