AliVeritas,
When you advised “soak the whole piece in” I went to the link and spotted something else - see below in quotes:
“The department official said the three contract employees worked in three offices in the Washington area. One office does consular work and visas on evenings, holidays, weekends and overnights; another office issues passports; the third office scans and files materials.”
So look, you have three different passports being looked at by three different contractors in three different offices - one of those offices does CONSULAR AFFAIRS work and VISAs...they deal expressly with non-US Citizens.
If all three, Obomination, Hitlery and McLame, are US Citizens, what business does someone at Consular Affairs have looking at US Passport data? The third office, dealing in scanning and filing materials probably deals with both, but pure conjecture on my part.
Most will say as the MSM has: three contractors in three offices with access to files were simply CURIOUS, but I drop the BS Flag on that. The Consular Affairs office is the odd man out here (Foreign Passport????).
Bureau of Consular Affairs
The mission of the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA) is to administer laws, formulate regulations and implement policies relating to the broad range of consular services and immigration.
Passports
Bureau of Consular Affairs is the bureau responsible for issuing passports to U.S. citizens. In fiscal year 2002, Bureau of Consular Affairs, through sixteen U.S. passport agencies and two processing centers, issued over 7.4 million U.S. passports to American citizens planning to travel overseas.
Citizen Support
The Consular Affairs Office of Overseas Citizens Services advises and supports US citizens and our embassies and consulates around the world
Visas
Following regulations established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act, consular officers overseas, under the guidance of the Bureau’s Office of Visa Services, are responsible for issuing all non-immigrant and immigrant visas. (Over 5.7 million non-immigrant visas and approximately 390,000 immigrant visas were issued in fiscal year 2002.)
The Bureau of Consular Affairs also administers the provisions of that same legislation as they relate to the Department of State in coordination with the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Bureau-of-Consular-Affairs