Dim Bulb: Michael Astrue

Published May 6, 2012 4:00am ET



Who: Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael Astrue

What: The Washington Times reports his agency has forbidden its disability-claims judges from using the Internet at all when investigating whether applicants and beneficiaries of Social Security’s disability program are committing fraud.

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