“So Harris did at least get the information, even if he wasn’t involved in the original theft.”
No, he didn’t. The case the Times reported on was an entirely separate case, and had nothing to do with the passport breach of the presidential candidates. Harris’ case related to an employee of the State Dept passing him vital information for use in credit card fraud, while the other case related to contractors working for Brennan’s firm accessing the passport records directly through the access they had at Brennan’s company.
The only connection between the two cases is that they were mentioned in the same article by the Washington Times, but when people started confusing the two cases, the Times issued a clarification that the two cases were not related:
“Mr. Harris was fatally shot in Northeast Washington in April. Police at the time said they had no information linking his shooting to his involvement in the passport case.
The breach came to light in March around the same time The Times first reported that three State Department contract employees were being investigated for improperly accessing the passport data of presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama, John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Mr. McCormack said the cases are not related.”
See my comment at post 24.
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