Why is it BS? It’s no different than all the people who accessed Joe the Plumber’s private information. It’s not okay for our side to do it, and it’s not okay for their side to do it.
We have very strict rules about disclosing personal information on immigration cases. Even if it is Obama’s relative, and a nice, juicy tidbit of gossip, someone screwed up (just like the state department fools who accessed all the candidates passport files.) We who toil in government service have enough problems with public trust without somebody doing this.
It's BS that it is illegal for US citizens to know who is in the country illegally. The world is upside down.
Question:
If this lady had a deportation order, shouldn’t the DHS/Border/Customs and TSA had her on their computers to deny her re-entry after her return from Africa?
Just another glitch...GWB has made the borders watertight don’cha know.
Legal proceedings and court orders are public record, unless sealed (which this was not - Obama missed this one when he was sealing records!). The reporter - who was a Brit, and the British, of course, have a long-standing Kenyan connection - obviously picked up the rumor somewhere and then tracked down the info. That’s what reporting used to be in the good old days.