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
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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...
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Obama campaign says 'outrageous breach of security and privacy... we demand to know who looked at the passport file, for what purpose'... MORE...
He has taken the sides and its against Clinton!
YOu got that WRIGHT !
Well duh Drudge hates the Clintons.
Or a spoon. :)
The hysterical idiots on MSNBC are obsessed with finding blame Bush angle. Meanwhile the tiny gears in Hannity’s head even slower than usual as he waits for somebody to tell him if this story is good (Hillary henchmen) or bad (Inompetent Condi).
The officials, all contract workers, used their authorized computer network access to look up files within the department’s consular affairs section, which processes and stores passport information, and read Mr. Obama’s passport application and other records, in violation of department privacy rules, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
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.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080320/NATION/541139809/1001
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.
In this case, it does not appear that records were copied or altered, Mr. McCormack said.
Passport application data includes such details as date and place of birth, e-mail address, mailing address, Social Security number, former names and travel plans.
Mr. McCormack said the officials accessed Mr. Obama’s records “without a need to do so.”
“In each case, we immediately contacted our contractors, their employer, and two were fired and one was disciplined,” he said.
“We have strict rules restricting access to passport records,” Mr. McCormack said.
Each time an employee logs on to the passport-records network, they are informed that the records are protected by the Privacy Act and are “available only on a need-to-know basis,” he said. But no technical bar prevents a person, once he is in the system, from gaining access to Privacy Act-protected records to which he has no “need-to-know” rights.
But the network has an electronic monitoring system that is tripped when an employee accesses a record of a prominent person, like Mr. Obama. The alarm then triggers an inquiry into the incident, and “when the answer is not satisfactory, a supervisor is notified.”
Andrea Mitchell is not pleased.
Yep or were paid to do it.
Interesting note. Had a close friend just return from Chicago. They were all over town from Western suburbs and downtown, and flew in and out of Midway. They saw NOT ONE bumper sticker or campaign ad for Obama. Is there a law against this in IL, did my friend miss something, or does O have little or no support in his hometown????
ANDREA ALREADY TRYING TO FINGER CONDI! This is so ridiculous! The press knows damn well where they get their leaks at State and it’s from CLINTON HOLDOVERS!!
Drudge may not hate Hillary.
I notice a trend.
Drudge is trying to change the subject in concert with Obama.
Why do you think Drudge was one of the last to put up the Rev. Wright information?
Maggie Williams... she would be exempt; It worked with the monk money and other contributions. This is a job for Sandy. I just want to see the birth certificate.
Hey, how do we know they vet candidates at all?
With the history of some that have been on the hill...
Didn’t Malley and one of his Arab donors just go to a conference there last week or the week before?
Be back.
How would I feel? Well to start with I don't know who accessed his records, if no harm was done with no informations sent somewhere else or copied, as seems to be the case, then I wouldn't give a crap who accessed what. This is a blatant attempt by Obama, or at least some in the left wing media, to draw the attention away from Rev. Wright and his associatiion with B.H. Obama. It is, as I have already stated, much ado about nothing, as nothing happened except for two idiots getting careless and getting fired for it.
The safeguards, such as they are, that protect the passport info worked to the point the are designed to, that is how they found out about the access and who did it. They fired the contract workers who did it.
As I said, it is much ado about nothing in the attempt to get people's minds off of Mr. Wright and Mr. Wrong for the office, Obama.
Didn’t BJ Clinton do the same a long time ago? Just saying...
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