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To: PA-RIVER
That is under dispute. The State Department appears to be giving misleading excuses.
They even admit that they keep the issued passport records since 1925:
"The U.S. State Department’s website states that “Passport Services maintains United States passport records for passports issued from 1925 to the present. These records normally consist of applications for United States passports and supporting evidence of United States citizenship, and are protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 USC 552(a)). Passport records do not include evidence of travel such as entrance/exit stamps, visas, residence permits, etc., since this information is entered into the passport book after it is issued.”"
And
"On April 8, 2008, the National Archives held a symposium on “passport records” designed to inform attendees about “passport applications that are in the custody of the National Archives and those that still remain with the U.S. Department of State.” A second presentation was held two days later at the College Park, MD location of the National Archives."
The article here.
GSA refutes State Department’s claim about destruction of records
They say they "did not locate" Stanley Ann Obama Soetoro passport records. ...or is it they didn't look in the right places on purpose?
From the court ordered requested FOIA letter above:
..."Many Passport applications and other non-vital records from that period were destroyed during the 1980s in accordance with guidance from the General Service Administration."
Many and non-vital records? As in NOT issued passport for incomplete or insufficient applications? So the US State Department did not admit that Stanley Ann Soetoro's record were actually destroyed. I'm seeing weasel words.