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State Department contract employees violate Barack Obama’s privacy.
The First Friday Blog ^ | First Friday Blog

Posted on 03/20/2008 7:17:11 PM PDT by tralfaz7

Obama had his privacy voilated by the monster he wants to make bigger.
News broke tonight that 3 contract employees violated Barack Obama's privacy by snooping around his passport records for what is said to be curiosity's sake. Two of the employees were fired, the other has been disciplined. There will, no doubt, be a major investigation and the left-wing will go crazy with black helicopter theories.

Since nothing is know at this point, MSNBC is now speculating wildly about the Bush Administration being diabolical and being behind this for political reasons. This makes no sense, but it explains why the Obama campaign is jumping all over it. They really need a distraction (W)right now.

It is an outrage and if laws were broken those responsible should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But this is what you get with a huge government, the type Obama advocates for.

Lots of employees with access to a lot of information of ours and power over our lives. This should give every big-government liberal pause about their thoughts on big government and the power they want to give it over our health care, to just name one thing. But liberals look at the programs they advocate for failing all over the world and arrogantly think that they can do it better. Wait times that kill people in socialized medicine, wait times we don't have now, and they think they won't be a problem here. Liberalism has essentially become a fantasy of arrogance that they can make something that doesn't work anywhere work here because they're simply smarter than everyone else on the planet.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaign; nobama; obama; obamapassport; privacy; securitybreach; statedept
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This is outrageous, but so is the double standard...
1 posted on 03/20/2008 7:17:11 PM PDT by tralfaz7
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To: tralfaz7

Probably some state dept. workers left over from the Hillary Clinton last adminstration.


2 posted on 03/20/2008 7:18:29 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: tralfaz7

Since nothing is know at this point, MSNBC is now speculating wildly about the Bush Administration being diabolical and being behind this for political reasons.
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Actually Bush is working for Rush (and Rove) on Operation Chaos....(chuckle)


3 posted on 03/20/2008 7:19:23 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: tralfaz7

My sense of it is that if they’re contractors, that they might be more likely to be McCain plants — however this could also be deceptive reporting by the MSM...there are contractors that are basically the same as government employees as well, and they could be Hillary plants just as easily.


4 posted on 03/20/2008 7:20:33 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: tralfaz7

Remember Kenneth Bacon?


5 posted on 03/20/2008 7:20:42 PM PDT by philo
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To: EagleUSA

Oh please it was just a moment of sloppinst ala Sandy Burglure


6 posted on 03/20/2008 7:22:06 PM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: scrabblehack

They could have been planted, so Bush Adm could be criticized just as BO did loudly.


7 posted on 03/20/2008 7:23:13 PM PDT by Kackikat (.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Exactly. The State Department is loaded with liberals, and many try to undermine the Bush Administration. Same situation at the CIA and other federal agencies.

If any operatives where trying to dig up dirt on Obama, they were from the Hillary camp.


8 posted on 03/20/2008 7:23:19 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Change.....that's what we will have left in our pockets if a Democrat gets elected president!)
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To: tralfaz7

Hey, I’m sure the Clintons already have all of his personal info


9 posted on 03/20/2008 7:23:39 PM PDT by nuconvert (There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
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To: tralfaz7

How come they can access this info but not John Kerrys meedical records? (Or Bubbas?)


10 posted on 03/20/2008 7:25:23 PM PDT by bigbob (2)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

If these state employees were looking at Passports illegally under the Clinton adminstration, they would get a free pass..not fired.


11 posted on 03/20/2008 7:26:10 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776
Probably some state dept. workers left over from the Hillary Clinton last adminstration.

That was my very first thought as well - looking for dirt. Also, the article states that the left will be full of black helicopter theories. I just looked at DU, and can tell you they're not talking black helicopters - they're blaming Bush. I guess that's sort of the same thing.

12 posted on 03/20/2008 7:27:32 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (DemocraticUnderground.com is an internet hate site.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

who got fired when the 900 FBI files were breached


13 posted on 03/20/2008 7:27:32 PM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Sounds like bored ‘Crats with too much time on their hands, and M(isery)NBC is of course trying to hype the story with the same facts that we all have.

When “Countdown” is cancelled, Olbermann can have a second career as a Rabid Organ Grinder Monkey, the man is pure physical comedy to watch with the sound off.

He more then likely needs an enema.


14 posted on 03/20/2008 7:27:43 PM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3/Cry havoc and let slip the RINOS)
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To: scrabblehack

Obama plants.


15 posted on 03/20/2008 7:27:48 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: philo
Remember Kenneth Bacon?

C'mon, that was just about sex. No big deal. Tripp had it coming any way. Old news. Move on.

:)

16 posted on 03/20/2008 7:28:38 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (Experience Change!)
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To: scrabblehack

I think clintonistas who were once employees and were then outsourced to a new employer to do the same job.

MSNBC reported Condi Rice was not even kept in the loop on this story. She was not relevant enough to the state department.

ouch.


17 posted on 03/20/2008 7:29:24 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: scrabblehack

“if they’re contractors, that they might be more likely to be McCain plants”.........

NO, if they’re contractors, that they may be Hillary plants.

As a former government employee I can tell you that a large number are anti Bush and would vote for Bill Clinton himself again even though he cut over 300,000 Federal jobs.


18 posted on 03/20/2008 7:29:53 PM PDT by flicker
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To: tralfaz7

what exactly is so secret and private on your passport info? I mean, aside from what’s on your driver’s license, it has where you travelled. Is that a secret?


19 posted on 03/20/2008 7:30:19 PM PDT by nuconvert (There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
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To: Revelation 911

No one got fired when the Clintons sifted thru 1000 to 3000 FBI files on June 5,1996,..... the Clintons claimed it was just a “honest burecratic snafu”.


20 posted on 03/20/2008 7:31:21 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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