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OBAMA'S PASSPORT DATA BREACHED
Drudge

Posted on 03/20/2008 4:35:42 PM PDT by kcvl

Edited on 03/20/2008 5:44:16 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

DIRTY TRICKS FEAR AFTER STATE DEPT. FIRES TWO FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO BARACK OBAMA'S PERSONAL PASSPORT FILE... MORE...

OBAMA'S PASSPORT DATA BREACHED; STATE DEPT INVESTIGATION, 2 FIRED

****Update***

DIRTY TRICKS FEAR AFTER STATE DEPT. FIRES TWO FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO BARACK OBAMA'S PERSONAL PASSPORT FILE... MORE... WASHINGTON TIMES SET TO SPLASH THE DEVELOPMENT, NEWSROOM SOURCES TELL DRUDGE REPORT... MORE...

***Update***

Obama campaign says 'outrageous breach of security and privacy... we demand to know who looked at the passport file, for what purpose'... MORE...


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KEYWORDS: drudge; fired; gertz; nobama; obama; obamapassport; passport; securitybreach; statedept
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To: jackv

my guess is idle curiosity, no dirty tricks


161 posted on 03/20/2008 5:57:51 PM PDT by cajungirl
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To: TornadoAlley3

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was notified of the security breach yesterday, and responded by saying security measures used to monitor records of high-profile Americans worked properly in detecting the breaches.

Mr. McCormack said the officials did not appear to be seeking information on behalf of any political candidate or party.

“As far as we can tell, in each of the three cases, it was imprudent curiosity,” Mr. McCormack told The Washington Times.

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.

One administration official said the FBI is conducting a preliminary inquiry into the officials involved in the unauthorized access incidents related to Mr. Obama, Illinois Democrat. An FBI spokesman could not be reached for comment.


162 posted on 03/20/2008 5:58:09 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: All
Yahoo's top headline:

2 fired for looking at Obama's file (AP)
163 posted on 03/20/2008 5:58:20 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Your passport application can state the reason you are travelling. Hadj to Mecca would be an interesting reason.


164 posted on 03/20/2008 5:58:21 PM PDT by Blogger (Propheteuon.com)
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To: Blogger

Hannity on the story now.


165 posted on 03/20/2008 5:59:40 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: inkling

It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous!

166 posted on 03/20/2008 6:00:19 PM PDT by ichabod1 ("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: Blogger

I went to the USSR in 1988 with a college class, before the fall of Communism, and stayed there for 2 months.... does that make me a Commie? No.


167 posted on 03/20/2008 6:01:01 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Obamanation = Abomination)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Susan Ostrich on Hannity said no big deal, just snoopy contract workers.
168 posted on 03/20/2008 6:01:37 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

“I went to the USSR in 1988 with a college class, before the fall of Communism, and stayed there for 2 months.... does that make me a Commie? No.”

a hajj to mecca would be kind of different wouldnt it?


169 posted on 03/20/2008 6:01:52 PM PDT by minus_273
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To: Blogger

when they ask for purpose of travel, one puts business or pleasure{vacation}. Nobodyh gets details


170 posted on 03/20/2008 6:03:00 PM PDT by cajungirl
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To: TornadoAlley3
Susan Ostrich on Hannity said no big deal, just snoopy contract workers.

O.K., I'm convinced; Clinton Inc. did it.

171 posted on 03/20/2008 6:03:28 PM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: plain talk; Ramius

Ping me if you see anything else, i’ll do the same.


172 posted on 03/20/2008 6:04:38 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Senator McCain, what did GWB promise you back in 2000? And you believed him? BWAHAAAAA!)
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To: minus_273

Well, what I’m saying is that I had a concentration in Soviet Studies while in college and visited the USSR in ‘88 — suppose Obama had a concentration in Middle East studies or whatnot while doing his undergraduate work at Columbia — wouldn’t these trips then be legitimized?

(That’s what his camp will contend!)


173 posted on 03/20/2008 6:05:01 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Obamanation = Abomination)
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To: minus_273

“...whenever you visit a country and show your passport they check to see where else you have been...”

That’s nice....but that information doesn’t show up in any State Dept. records!


174 posted on 03/20/2008 6:05:33 PM PDT by G Larry (HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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To: Loyal Buckeye; cll

What I do know is that Obama traveled out of the U.S. mainland in Nov. 2007 — to go to fundraisers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for one day. He did not require his passport then, given that the two are U.S. territories.


175 posted on 03/20/2008 6:07:12 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Obamanation = Abomination)
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To: Loyal Buckeye

It’s about his statement couple of days ago that he has traveled to Europe in re to his position he took in Jan on some foreign relations committee he heads up. Probably he really hasn’t done any travel since he has been campaigning. Hillary done it.


176 posted on 03/20/2008 6:07:40 PM PDT by Hattie
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To: G Larry

“That’s nice....but that information doesn’t show up in any State Dept. records!”

How do you know that, Larr? Where did you hear that?


177 posted on 03/20/2008 6:08:28 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Obamanation = Abomination)
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To: Loyal Buckeye

Obama needs LifeLoc to protect himself from identity theft now! LOL!


178 posted on 03/20/2008 6:10:05 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Obamanation = Abomination)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Cuz I’ve got a couple of passports full of stamps.

They stamp your passport as you enter.
They DO NOT scan some barcode that reads your passport and forwards the data!


179 posted on 03/20/2008 6:17:05 PM PDT by G Larry (HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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To: G Larry

Hmmm.... interesting


180 posted on 03/20/2008 6:19:53 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Obamanation = Abomination)
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