in the statement, a social security administration released a statement today, social security makes it clear to agencies and other agencies reporting the dmf that they should independently verify -- we cannot guarantee the completeness of the file saying we do not have a death record for all deceased individuals. . >> phillip siegel is a business attorney, he's also the former asian editor. this is a lot of money to be doling out to dead people. >> it sure is, but as doug mckell way said when you have such a huge number of social security payments, .5% seems