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As soon as I heard about the Barack Obama passport security breach in the news yesterday, I KNEW there had to be a Clinton connection to it. After all, who stands to benefit from this knowledge? Right now it is none other than Hillary. Of course, the leftwing blogosphere started out blaming EVIL Rightwingers with BLOOD on their fingers. Well, it now turns out that a Clintonista was in charge during the security breach as you can see in this HUffington Post THREAD titled, "Maura Harty: State Department Official In Charge During Two Of The Breaches An Ambassador Under...

At least one source is reporting that the State Department official in charge of the department during breaches into Sen. Barack Obama's passport files has a direct tie to Bill and Hillary Clinton.According to Capitol Hill Blue: Maura Harty was in charge of the Bureau Of Consular Affairs during the first two breaches of Obama's passport. Former President Bill Clinton appointed her to an ambassadorship during his Presidency.Harty retired last month from the State Department. She joined the State Department in 2002 after serving as ambassador to Paraguay for two years of Bill Clinton's Presidential term. Sources within the State...

it's keith olberskunk but here is the video.

During a contentious Senate hearing last week, State Department consular chief Maura Harty took personal responsibility for the backlog of two million passport applications—leading to wait times of 12 weeks or more—that has wreaked havoc on honeymoons, family getaways, and business trips. She was hailed by many for her contrite performance. Unfortunately, though Harty was apologetic, she was not entirely honest. Not only that, the Senate did not learn the full extent of her personal culpability in creating the passport mess with a series of blunders. And on the heels of creating a backlog of two million passport applications and...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has ordered U.S. Embassy posts in Baghdad filled ahead of others worldwide, saying it's essential diplomats sent to Iraq be the most qualified. In a cable sent to all U.S. missions abroad and obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, Rice disclosed a new hiring plan amid increasing criticism of American efforts in Iraq. It is designed to prevent a potential severe vacancy problem and, in part, reduce resistance from anti-war elements in the State Department who have been accused of holding up appointments and discouraging diplomats from going to Iraq. SNIP Officals familiar with the...

... At a Senate hearing Tuesday, Maura Harty, assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, took the blame for the passport mess, even as she offered a wide array of explanations. Part of the problem, she said, was that in 2005 Hurricane Katrina reduced the capabilities of the agency’s New Orleans passport office. She also said the agency had not expected so many Americans to actually obey the new law. And, she said, many people were applying for passports with no specific travel plans in mind — but that is precisely what northern state lawmakers had warned would happen for...

November 15, 2002, 11:35 a.m. Brushing aside the strenuous objections of the families of 9/11 victims and the parents of abducted American children, Democrats late Thursday pushed through the nomination of Maura Harty as head of the Consular Affairs (CA) bureau at the State Department. She was confirmed as the new assistant secretary of state for consular affairs as part of a compromise package that allowed conservatives to get simultaneous votes through on several judges and another State nominee. Harty's nomination has been embroiled in controversy since it was announced nearly four months ago. Harty has long been a favorite...