Obama passport files violated; 2 State Department workers fired (On Drudge)

Washington Times ^ | March 20, 2008 | by Bill Gertz

[jdm]

** EXCERPT **

Two State Department employees were fired recently and a third disciplined for improperly accessing electronic personal data on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Bush administration officials said yesterday.

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A similar data breach took place in 1992 when State Department officials looked up data on presidential candidate Bill Clinton, in an attempt to find out information from the late 1960s, amid unfounded political campaign rumors that Mr. Clinton had sought to renounce his citizenship to dodge the draft during the Vietnam War while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.

That incident triggered a three-year investigation by a special prosecutor, who found that no laws were violated but officials exercised poor judgment. The 1992 search of Mr. Clinton's passport records was part of an effort to speed up Freedom of Information Act requests.

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Asked whether a political candidate or party is behind the incidents, Mr. McCormack said: "None at this point in time that we have determined."

Mr. McCormack declined to provide the names of the employees or the contract, but he said they were hired by the contractor involved in producing, processing and approving passports.

"This is supposed to be a transaction between an individual and the government, and this is private information that we take a lot of steps to protect, and we take that responsibility seriously, not only for high profile individuals but for everybody," he said.

Mr. McCormack said the incidents took place at consular affairs facilities in the Washington area.

[Teflonic]

That Salon article from December explains a lot!

[enough_idiocy]

Definitely worthy of an email to Obama’s camp with a link to the Conason story. I’m sure they’d find it interesting. Add fuel to the fire, let Obama’s peeps know what might be up.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Nice digging. Wonder when we will hear that the two fired hacks are old Klintoon leftovers?

[jdm]

ALREADY POSTED —

No, this Washington Times story hasn't already been posted. What you linked to was a single sentence vanity, not an article.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Gettin-r-did as we speak.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Ok

[Albion Wilde]

Obama will release his passport records when Hillary releases her tax records.

And Kerry's Form 180. Don't hold your breath waitin'!

[Pinetop]

just post it on the daily obama—(daily kos).

[Dionysius]

Hillary’s behind it, I’ll bet. The State Department is riddled with Clintonistas.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Someone needs to cache that Conason column before it disappears!

[lmr]

 

Obama's Grandmother: "Typical White Person"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxmEz8H33ZI

(A small analysis at the end by yours truly)

[Anti-Bubba182]

...Isn't she another democrat campaign manager loser(Dukakis)....

Susan Estrich

"..In 1988, she was the campaign manager for Michael Dukakis' 1988 presidential run..."

[familyop]

...good thing that it’s a Democrat State Dept. Oh...never mind.

[GVnana]

“I’ve traveled extensively in Europe ... I love Europe,” Obama told the Iowa Independent Web site a couple of days ago.”

Very interesting...

[GVnana]

I suspect “Hitlery” was the force behind this.

[GVnana]

...good thing that it’s a Democrat State Dept. Oh...never mind.

No need to "nevermind". The State Department is infected with career liberal bureaucrats.

[Redcloak]

They're jumping the gun a bit. Don't they know that you can't go snooping into private files until after Hillary is elected?

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

“No need to “nevermind”. The State Department is infected with career liberal bureaucrats.”

Soviet Socialists is more like it.......

[mimaw]

Hannity’s just upset that there is a subject other than his Wright rant.