Obama demands probe over passport breach
Email|Link|Comments (48) Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor March 20, 2008 08:21 PM
Barack Obama's campaign tonight is demanding a full investigation of reports that his passport files at the State Department were viewed without authorization.
“This is an outrageous breach of security and privacy, even from an Administration that has shown little regard for either over the last eight years. Our government’s duty is to protect the private information of the American people, not use it for political purposes. This is a serious matter that merits a complete investigation, and we demand to know who looked at Senator Obama’s passport file, for what purpose, and why it took so long for them to reveal this security breach,” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement.
The Associated Press is reporting that two contract employees for the State Department have been fired and a third disciplined for inappropriately looking at the passport file. Spokesman Sean McCormack said the department itself detected the instances of "imprudent curiosity," which occurred separately on Jan. 9, Feb. 21, and March 14. He would not release the names of those who were fired and disciplined.
Why has this been kept so secretive? Does/did Obama have anything to hide?
Could any of his citizenship questions have been uncovered?