State Department employees breach Obama’s passport.
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By on Mar 20th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
State Department employees breach Obama’s passport.
“Two State Department employees were fired recently and a third disciplined for improperly accessing electronic personal data on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.” Obama’s passport files were breached three times in the past three months. During a conference call tonight, a State Department official admitted they “failed.” The official also said that the State Department Inspector General was not informed of the breach until today.
UpdateA statement from the Obama campaign:
This is an outrageous breach of security and privacy, even from an Administration that has shown little regard for either over the last eight years. Our government's duty is to protect the private information of the American people, not use it for political purposes. This is a serious matter that merits a complete investigation, and we demand to know who looked at Senator Obama's passport file, for what purpose, and why it took so long for them to reveal this security breach.
UpdateThe State Department asserts there was "no political motivation" for the breach. Spokesman Sean McCormack said the department itself detected the instances of "imprudent curiosity."
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FIRST!! For the first time
Obama gets the gift of a screwed up Bush admin
March 20th, 2008 at 9:24 pmThis little bit of Bush gangsterism ought to seal up the Democratic nomination and the Presidential Election for Senator Obama…
Heck of a job, Bush crime family, maybe you-all ought to try tying your shoelaces, before you stumble around in the dark, spying on us Americans…
March 20th, 2008 at 9:29 pmRe: contract State Dept. employees:
“As far as we can tell, in each of the three cases, it was imprudent curiosity,”
Contract employee: “Honestly, ma’am, were just plumbers.. here to fix the water cooler…
March 20th, 2008 at 9:31 pmCondi Rice: “What if I don’t believe you, did Dick set you up to do this?”
Contact employee: “Dick? Ummm, which one, ma’am?”
The State Department asserts there was “no political motivation”
- - Oh, of course not, it’s just that the name Barack Hussein Obama turned up on a “watch list.” Geeze, this garbage doesn’t pass the laugh test.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:32 pmHow do you know it was Bush? 3 different people at 3 different times.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:33 pmhttp://www.mceades.com/graphics/HillaryMcCain.jpg
Imprudent curiosity? Give me a break! Why weren’t other candidates’ files breached? This is really outrageous. I have had to work with “secure” data in the past, and any breach was considered serious. Investigations are immediate any all concerned parties are notified. Something as simple as checking arrest records of someone you know could put an upcoming court case in jeopardy. Obama has had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at him.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:33 pmNothing is done by accident in this administration.
NOTHING.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:36 pmThanks, Mr. Evil.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:37 pm:)
They make a cute couple, don’t they?
Brains AND Beauty….
snark/off
Just a thought. Everyone seems to be on the Reverend Wright bashing bandwagon these days with hardly a word about the words of Pastor John Hagee, Rev. Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Mike Huckabee. Oh, I forgot, those guys are white and republicans. They can say whatever they want about America and Americans.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:37 pmBadmoodman: Yeah, LOL!!! We of COURSE can believe the Bush admin…
LOL!!
March 20th, 2008 at 9:37 pmAnd I believe that the poor foreigners that could barely speak English found outside the Watergate complex had absolutely nothing to do with the Repubs!
March 20th, 2008 at 9:38 pmI DO I DO I DO!
Mr. Evil: Who’s Reverend Wright? No, I’m kidding…this is BIGGER than Rev Wright…Obama gets a gift
March 20th, 2008 at 9:40 pmI have some questions. Who were all of these people, and have any of them ever been employed by the RNC? Where are they now? Just curious.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:40 pm“The State Department asserts there was “no political motivation” for the breach”…
BRRRAAAPPPPPPP! (spit take)
March 20th, 2008 at 9:46 pmWho got them their jobs with that contractor? And how do they know that all 3 occasions were just people looking out of curisity? I’m sure they knew NOT to access any information without proper approval lest it be a serious offense and at least reason for termination. This is very smelly to me. You know, sort of like, knowing the identities and near complete backgrounds of the 19 9-11 hijackers right after the event. No political motivation my ass!
March 20th, 2008 at 9:46 pm“contractors” lol. Were they plumbers?
March 20th, 2008 at 9:48 pmThe correct questions to ask Wayne S. Any bets on the number of Regent Alumns in the pack?
March 20th, 2008 at 9:48 pmIsn’t this the kind of thing that led to Nixon’s resignation?
March 20th, 2008 at 9:50 pmWhere’s the goon?
“This clearly a case of innocent curiosity. None of these people have been proven to work for Dick Cheney (long may he rule!!). It was Hillary! Look, over there! Negroes! Hate mongerers! Al Qaeda, with all their money from Iraqi oil derricks!!!!!!”
March 20th, 2008 at 9:51 pmWho says it was the RNC? Maybe it was the Clinton campaign.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:51 pmThe State Department asserts there was “no political motivation” for the breach.
Guess who that falls under. Condi!
March 20th, 2008 at 9:52 pmSubpoena Condi’s blue shoes.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:53 pmright on Mr. Evil . It was Robertson that wanted to murder Chavez, but no one seems to care as after all Robertson is a repuke.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:54 pmDoes anyone except the repukes think the breach of Obama’s passport was REALLY an accident?
Who is the State IG? Wasn’t it Krongard, and then he resigned? Oh man, the Bush Republicans have just ginned every single avenue of investigative redress this government possesses. This thing will be crushed instaneously–I think I read somewhere that DOJ has opened up an investigation. Smart thinking Mukasey—get out there in front of this thing and make is go away, stat.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:54 pmeditormom Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Who says it was the RNC? Maybe it was the Clinton campaign.
With all due respect, between the two, I think the RNC (with its established connections to the Bush Administration) is the more likely of the two. If it was either. I can’t imagine how a Clinton campaign worker/supporter/wannabe/whatever could get a job that would give him or her that kind of access.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:57 pmOK. We all know that the evil GEORGE BUSH is behind this. After all, being the leading candidate for the Nov elections, he obviously has the most to gain.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:57 pmchisholm Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Who is the State IG?
I believe that post is currently vacant. But the Deputy Inspector General would be required to perform the duties anyway. In this case, it appears that those duties may not have been performed properly.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:58 pmit appears that those duties may not have been performed properly.
This is nothing unusual. Now if anything had been performed properly in the Bush Administration that would be news!
March 20th, 2008 at 10:03 pmI pray for the people who did this, they COULD be at a HUGE risk
March 20th, 2008 at 10:04 pmOT but on Obama..
March 20th, 2008 at 10:04 pmListening to R Maddow I was sickened by the thought from her guest that the super delegates should go ahead and choose the dem nominee. What is wrong with giving the nomination to the ONE receiving the most pledged delegates, or hint: GOING WITH THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE?
Very disappointed Rachael as she appeared to be for the idea rather than against it. I have also noticed the gay folk are for Hillarty….against Obama. Is there something Obama needs to do or say?
Come to think of it, the only thing that actually may have performed properly within the Bush Administration would be Jeff Gannon.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:04 pmI’m probably get some heated disagreement for this, but while this breach was serious, I don’t think it was for overtly political purposes - it was probably a few “independent operators” looking to cash in. They either were offering themselves up as political cut-outs, for deniable plausibility that the breach was intended for oppo research, or they were hoping to funnel some salacious tidbits to the tabloids for big bucks.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:07 pmgood_golly Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
This could pass for semantics gg. They still have to abide by the rules. Who is the contractor? Who hired the contractor? Who approved the contractor? Will the contract be voided after not 1, not 2, but 3 breaches! There’s a lot more to this than simple benign curiosity, 3 different times.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:09 pmbarfly Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Then why only Obama? Why not Bush and his money grab trips to Saudi Arabia? Why not Hillary and/or Bill and where they’re getting money from? Why not McCain and where…. Hell, who cares.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pmdoes it seem odd that they are only reporting that they looked up obama? i mean, if i had that kind of access and was willing to potentially put my job on the line to satisfy my curiosity, i’d probably start with something innocuous, like looking up an old girlfriend or something. is this the first and only time these guys did this? why did they decide to report it now? and what did these guys do with the information they got away with?
March 20th, 2008 at 10:15 pmIf the contractors were hired by the State Department — then they worked for the State Department.
Go soak your head, GG.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:15 pmWho got off with just a hand slap and what companies were the contractors from?
March 20th, 2008 at 10:15 pmRemember, Obama is the big threat to the McCain campaign — not Hillary.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:17 pmNeed to find the fired “contractors” and see what they say.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pmSince when was “curiosity” an excuse for letting this kind of thing happen and slide by? If that were so, then any breach of privacy and the security of confidential documents could simply be attributed to “So sorry - I was just curious.” Oh, well, then no problem. I don’t think so. This was done with purpose and intent.
This is yet another example for the total disregard the Bush administration has, and always has had, for rules and laws. They continue to just do what they damn well please, and go f%%k yourself. (How many times has Darth Cheney said as much?)
March 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pmhelenahandbasket Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Need to find the fired “contractors” and see what they say.
What are the chances they’re “gagged?”
March 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pmfrom c & l:
Update from Will Bunch:
…from Nov. 1992:
A State Department official who carried out the two-day search of passport files for information about Gov. Bill Clinton said today that he had resigned, just 48 hours before Federal investigators are expected to issue a report criticizing the search.
The official, Steven M. Moheban, was a top aide to Elizabeth M. Tamposi, the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs who was dismissed last week by President Bush for her role in the search of files on Mr. Clinton, his mother, Virginia Kelley, and Ross Perot, the independent Presidential candidate.
a clue?
March 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pm>They were employees of a contractor under contract
>with the State Department
Like Blackwater, you mean? This keeps them from being bush goons how?
March 20th, 2008 at 10:23 pmhelenahandbasket Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Need to find the fired “contractors” and see what they say.
Hey! we can waterboard them to find out what they know and who they reported to. And as a bonus, we can ask them if waterboarding is torture.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:25 pmYou would think that any high profile person’s passport file would be classified information and could only be accessed by staff with the proper clearance. That would only make sense, but then nothing about this administration makes sense.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:26 pmgood_golly Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
an anonymous blog?
yeah, that’s a good clue.
;)
keep rubbing that magic lamp gg :)
March 20th, 2008 at 10:30 pmMe, at 9:51 pm:
Where’s the goon?
“This clearly a case of innocent curiosity. None of these people have been proven to work for Dick Cheney (long may he rule!!). It was Hillary! Look, over there! Negroes! Hate mongerers! Al Qaeda, with all their money from Iraqi oil derricks!!!!!!”
And here’s the goon, 15 minutes later. Did I call it?
goon_golly Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
These were not “State Department Employees” as falsely reported above. They were employees of a contractor under contract with the State Department, and their activity was detected and caught by the State Department itself which reported the activity to the contractor who promptly fired to of the men involved and disciplined a third. The FBI will do a complete investigation. Although this doesn’t appear to be politically motivated, I wouldn’t be too surprised to learn that Camp Hillary was behind it.
Pwned!
March 20th, 2008 at 10:32 pmgood_golly,
And you believe these people who claim to have seen Obama’s passport, unstamped for Kenya?
Brack Obama has traveled around the world since he was a child. He has probably gone through many, many passports in his life. Perhaps he has not visited Kenya since he got his current one.
But do keep stretching for those Clinton connections. I still think it highly more likely that the Republican Party planted those people in there to do what they did. I am not saying that’s what happened, just that it is more likely than any of your scenarios. Especially when one considers how much this administration politicizes every single level of government, even the ones that are supposed to be apolitical. And you want to think that the RNC had nothing to do with this?
March 20th, 2008 at 10:33 pmSomeone in present government is DEATHLY AFRAID of an Obama Presidency. Makes me want to vote for him just for that reason!
http://OsiSpeaks.com
March 20th, 2008 at 10:37 pmgummitch Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
don’t brag, we’re talking about gg here.
pwn her is like tripping a dwarf.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:40 pmI think Obama is the only one who MIGHT rein in the funneling of US Treasury funds to everything but this country. We are on the precipice of a worldwide depression which was initiated by the corruption in what was the greatest market. Who is going to want to invest in American stocks after years of everything from Enron to Bear Stern?
No one.
Unfortunately, Obama is too good, too honest, and too moral to become president of this corrupt country and it’s corrupt politicians.
And not just us, but a good part of the world is screwed because of it. We ARE a world leader and we are leading the world to starvation (Monsanto and their GMOs), ignorance of science which will create misery in food, water, storms, god only knows what else.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:41 pmThe Bilderberg group doesn’t want… you know… one of those to be president! I’ve read quite a bit about what goes on at those meetings. These are the super-rich and powerful of the world deciding who to play with next. It’s funny though, Bill Clinton was invited to the 1991 meetings prior to… And he was only a governor of Arkansas.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:42 pmwow… gg is pushing for Hillary, Hillary the ones the neocons are hoping to run McCain against, Hillary who was for NAFTA, against a ban on land mining, first lady when the dereg of the telecoms happened and voted for the Kyle/LIEberman bill naming the Iranian national guard as terrorists.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:43 pm“imprudent curiosity”
March 20th, 2008 at 10:46 pmAnd who declared it to be innocent? Why the supervisor of the three who did the breach! Higher ups at State claim they only learned of this today no official investigation - no official declaration — they have the judgment of the office supervisor who fired these people, but never reported the incident up the chain of command (for fear of losing his own job?); this reeks of gross incompetence at best. Unscrupulous and criminal at worst.
gigi is once again pissing into a fan. Of course it’s clinton who did it. bush has never done anything wrong in his life, just ask him. Given that his father did the same thing to bill back in 92, it’s a safe bet the junior is behind this.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:48 pmMs_Joanne Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I think Obama is the only one who MIGHT rein in the funneling of US Treasury funds to everything but this country.
MJ, I usually agree with your posts and this one I do partly. The only problem is that Obama’s economics advisor is Austan Goolsbee, a skull & bones disciple. And you know who that connects him to.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:50 pm“…it’s a safe bet the junior is behind this.”
Junior is standing in the corner, just like Unka Dick told him to, playing with Saddam’s pistol. (they still won’t let him have any bullets for it)
March 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pmThey’ll tell him when it’s all done, and he can come out and play again.
A little far out there but this is where I draw the line against Hillary: Bush Sr. speech New World Order
March 20th, 2008 at 10:58 pmAs B Clinton has become close to Bush Sr., Bill’s aggressive nature wishing Hillary to be pres., Hillary is too tied into the corporate world and with her attitude of wanting to be pres at all cost, including against the will of the people… I have no trust for her.
Rachel Maddow wants to know the same things we want to know, but she also asks why this was initially leaked to the very conservative, Bush-favoring Washington Times?
March 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pm@Bobwurst
Exactly. Like father, like son. And most of the same people.
March 20th, 2008 at 11:14 pmFrom Huffpo:
Senior State officials said on a conference call on Thursday evening that they were informed about the breach by a reporter making an inquiry, not from the lower-level department officials who first discovered the breaches.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ 2008/ 03/ 20/ obama-passport-breached-_n_92668.html
Cover up?
March 20th, 2008 at 11:15 pmpete Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Dang. Too slow on the draw again.
March 20th, 2008 at 11:17 pmNow why didn’t someone look that information up when Obama was elected to the Senate, it took him to run for President and to take the lead in the campagin for someone to look up in private information. Why? Let me take a shot at this one. You think the Republicans might use it with a spin and propaganda now that druggie Sara Taylor is on MSNBC. While McCain goes overseas like he’s the President already and the World Leaders are laughing behind his back because they said he wont remember he was there for a visit.
March 20th, 2008 at 11:17 pmHad enough, nor do I.
And why leak it to the WashX? Spin control I am sure.
The WashX did say one thing in their article that I have yet to hear in most other reports…not only can someone look at a passport file but they could also alter it…giving the impression that someone was somewhere they actually weren’t.
Pakistan? Iran? Madrassa? Anyone?
March 20th, 2008 at 11:17 pmGigi, smack the top of your head with your palm. The red spot is from the point. Get it?
March 20th, 2008 at 11:20 pmDaryll, stay the hell away from Senator Obama!
March 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pmggoebbels has shown that she hasn’t a clue.
March 20th, 2008 at 11:38 pmIs it my imagination, or is goon_golly getting more moronic as days go by?
“Evidence” from an anonymous poster in some blog? Who also claims that Obama’s picture in Kenyan tribal garb was made with some “image producing program”?
Someone please call goon_golly’s mom; he needs his meds badly…
March 20th, 2008 at 11:52 pmStretch two three four good_golly. You have been proven wrong here so many times I cant believe you still show up.
March 21st, 2008 at 12:13 amX, she has nothing else to do but attempt to spread lies.
I honestly do think she gets paid. She’s a traitor to America. Plain and simple. All apologists for this administration are. Knowing all we know. Simple treason. Nothing less.
March 21st, 2008 at 12:16 amI have been urging Obama to recognize the message that Reverend Wright was preaching….
“White, Rich Americans are running this country”.
What he should have said and I’m sure he meant to say “Republican, rightwing, extremist Christians are running this country. Clinton offers more of the same”.
Obama did not recognize immediately that many white, not so rich Americans feel the same as his preacher feels.
Now, Obama gets it. Normal Thinking Americans feel that their Civil Liberties are being violated.
I’m glad it happened. Americans need to “uncondition” themselves and realize that we are all at risk under the Bush Administration and the two possible McCain/Clinton Administrations.
March 21st, 2008 at 12:55 amBecome a Fed Up American
Expect more
How much $$$$$ are these CHIMPS being paid to do this type of “NIXONESQE” low lying, dirty , under handed move. The Republican Party is so desperate to keep the White House they will “do” whatever feasible they can “BUY”.
March 21st, 2008 at 1:06 amI truly hope this is investigated…really investigated. Not the usual Bush Administration antics.
March 21st, 2008 at 1:07 am.
God forbid America IMPEACH Bush/Cheney…
… Obama might have to take an unpopular stand.
HINT:
Conyers refuses to move IMPEACHMENT because political feathers will get ruffled.
.
March 21st, 2008 at 1:08 amyeah by the Justice Department? good luck!
March 21st, 2008 at 1:09 amhad enough Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
A little far out there but this is where I draw the line against Hillary: Bush Sr. speech New World Order
As B Clinton has become close to Bush Sr., Bill’s aggressive nature wishing Hillary to be pres., Hillary is too tied into the corporate world and with her attitude of wanting to be pres at all cost, including against the will of the people… I have no trust for her.
WTF? At all costs? Sounds more like OBAMA! The person that feels he has the right to Hillary’s private information, but that whines when his is compromised! You hopium addicts are a disgrace to the democratic party!
March 21st, 2008 at 1:22 amDoes the GOP had a Dirty Tricks for Dummies they follow?
In the Bush/Clinton campaign, they did the same thing, and even worse. Bush Senior implied that Clinton was a Communist agent. People have probably forgotten this disgraceful, ridiculous incident:
” ‘I don’t have the facts, but to go to Moscow one year after Russia crushed Czechoslovakia, and not remember who you saw - I think the answer is, level with the American people,’ Mr Bush repeated.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ world/ 1992/ oct/ 09/ usa.martinwalker
March 21st, 2008 at 6:30 amrepublicans hate facts Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 1:22 am
Yes, at all costs. Seems alot of people see it - but you don’t. To busy shilling for anything Hillary and knocking anybody that has hope that this country can get back on the right track.
Frank M Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 6:03 am
You think people at the State Dept going through somebody’s passport records IMPROPERLY (and possibly illegally) relates to total disclosure? Don’t you see the problem here? No, actually you wouldn’t being you’re all for gestapo tactics.
March 21st, 2008 at 6:39 amBarack Obama would have this election wrapped up if it wasn’t being ‘manipulated’ by the higher powers.
When something like this happens and it’s ‘out in the open’ and there’s NO accountability, bet your a$$ it’s bigger than it looks.
This stinks of everything that’s wrong with the current administration and is more convincing that Barack, or someone like him, needs to step up.
I was concerned the first time I heard the talking heads promoting Hillary, something’s happening and it’s not working out for those in power , they are scared, they can be very dangerous when scared.
Me thinks we are going to see a lot more of this suspicious activity.
March 21st, 2008 at 7:58 amFrank M Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 8:10 am
Bwahahaha! “Higher powers”.
You mean Illuminati or some other sinister and shadowy New World Order organization that’s hell-bent on world domination and enslavement of the “useless eaters”?
No - that’s just a bad James Bond movie plot. The real “higher powers” are the corporations that control the government.
March 21st, 2008 at 8:22 amExactly Frank, when things happen that shouldn’t, and they are seen by everyone, then NO ONE is held accountable, there is sinister and shadowy organization behind it.
Are you one of the scared Frank M?
March 21st, 2008 at 8:22 amMost likely and we can usually ‘take this to the bank’ (not sure about a 2008 bank) the lies and coverup will exceed the crime as criminal evidence against a criminal administration.
March 21st, 2008 at 8:25 amReeks of J Egar Hoover spying on MLK.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:05 amVery disappointed Rachael as she appeared to be for the idea rather than against it. I have also noticed the gay folk are for Hillarty….against Obama. Is there something Obama needs to do or say?
I suspect you seriously misinterpreted what Rachael said. I have heard her many times on Countdown and she always says that the Superdelegates should do what the people want.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:12 amIt all started before 9/11. A little known publication called
“Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces, and Resources For a New Century” written by a coterie of neoCONS.
(Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz etc) — it was all part of a master plan to beef up the Military.
Section V of Rebuilding America’s Defenses, entitled “Creating Tomorrow’s Dominant Force”, includes the sentence: “Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor”.
Well, it does not take a genius to figure out who was behind 9/11. We have developed into an Authoritarian Government. With the Patriot Act, The Military Commissions Act, The John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007 keeping this in mind with the wiretapping this great nation is teetering toward full blown Fascist Rule.
It wouldn’t take much. As Cheney slinks around the Middle East you can bet something is going on regarding Iran.
But,I digress. This security breach re: Obama is just a microcosm of what is happening right now in this country. I hope the source of this is fully identified. But, you know these Criminals that are installed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are so slick. They are like teflon. Not a goddamn thing seems to have stuck these past 8 years.
And they continue to get away literally with murder (see: 9/11, men and women in Iraq, Katrina etc).
Obama really needs to stand up here. This great nation is crumbling (economically, spiritually etc) before our very eyes. I don’t have all the answers but turning off “American Idle would be a good start.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:14 amWhen the first Bush Administration was found to have IMPROPERLY accessed Bill Clinton’s passport files, A Privacy Law was passed to make such actions ILLEGAL.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:24 amIt is a Violation of this Law , for anyone to have UNAUTHORIZED access to such Material.. let alone pass this information to others. It is my understanding that these contract employees committed a Crime.
It is the responsibility of the INSPECTOR GENERAL in the State Dept. to enforce this Privacy Law. The position of Inspector general is currently VACANT. The ACTING Inspector General found out about this matter over two months after the fact , from the PRESS.
Let me get this straight, 3 people on 3 different occasions,working for 2 different companies, all happen to look at the same file, of the same person, risking their jobs (when you access the file it warns you)all done innocently, then the supervisor bus tell there boss? Right
March 21st, 2008 at 9:56 amNothing new a crooked government.
Do you believe the breach is imprudent curiosity or politically motivated?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1921
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March 21st, 2008 at 10:01 amThe State Department asserts there was “no political motivation” for the breach. Spokesman Sean McCormack said the department itself detected the instances of “imprudent curiosity.”
When you make a declarative statement like this, the burden of proof is upon you. Prove it.
March 21st, 2008 at 10:53 amI might be a little late with this, but I just saw on CNN that Sen. Clinton’s Passport Records have also been breached. What excatly are the Repug Scumbags looking for? Wanna tell us Frakie?
March 21st, 2008 at 12:16 pm“If he doesn’t have anything to hide in his passport records, why is his campaign so upset about this?”
“Nonsense. You can’t prove such a negative.”
-Frank Piss-soaked-troll M
This is the same morally challenged troll who was proud of the CIA for destroying the torture tapes. It claimed that without the evidence you can’t prove it’s torture, so that’s ok. It has no problem applying the WH canard “if you’ve got nothing to hide…” but don’t you dare try to enforce ANY oversight of any kind on his Dear Leader and his merry men.
Please flag this ingnorant fool. He’ll be happy to sell our Nation down the toilet for 4 more years of Repub rule, despite our failing economy and hobbled military.
March 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pmOne angle I haven’t heard from the pundits yet: I think Condi’s VP stock just took a nose-dive. If her cabinet department is this poorly managed, how could she manage two wars?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:21 pm