Posted on 03/20/2008 5:51:22 PM PDT by jdm
** EXCERPT **
Two State Department employees were fired recently and a third disciplined for improperly accessing electronic personal data on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
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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.
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Asked whether a political candidate or party is behind the incidents, Mr. McCormack said: "None at this point in time that we have determined."
Mr. McCormack declined to provide the names of the employees or the contract, but he said they were hired by the contractor involved in producing, processing and approving passports.
"This is supposed to be a transaction between an individual and the government, and this is private information that we take a lot of steps to protect, and we take that responsibility seriously, not only for high profile individuals but for everybody," he said.
Mr. McCormack said the incidents took place at consular affairs facilities in the Washington area.
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You gathered that from this article because...?
As well he should. Put yourself in his shoes.
He should not, hes just distracting us from his disastrous race card speech and ongoing relationship with Wright.
clintonistas
“I think this is just maybe a case of being sloppy”(sarc)
what are you talking about ?
I don't think it's so ridiculous, when it is juxtaposed against the presidential polls that reflect Obama in a free fall as much as 20 percentage point swings.
Jimbo— good linkage with Joe Conason...Being that it happened to Clinton,it is likely that they would have stored away this little trick. The Clintons also got all those FBI files on their enemies. We’ll see if it leads to Clinton.
Sure I would too! It looks like the snooping was done by curious contract employees and not political operatives.
I don’t think he will have luck “Blaming Bush” or otherwise changing the subject on this one.
They won’t prosecute traitorious war protesters who travel back and forth to Cuba and denounce the U.S. while on speaking tours in the mideast, but hey, they have their priorities....
Isn't she another democrat campaign manager loser(Dukakis)....
Obama will release his passport records when Hillary releases her tax records.
Could be, that’s why I posted the article from last year.
Jus’ googled obama passport...came right up.
The polls may change as a result of his race speech and I pray they do as I DO NOT want to see Hillary as the nominee. However, a security breach definitely warrants a full investigation and his outrage is justified.
I think Hannity is onto something !
I agree with you that it is a security breech that needs to be dealt with.
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