Comments on: State Dept: Two contractors fired for accessing Obama’s passport records

By: Obama Passport Breach: Rice Apologizes for “Imprudent Curiosity” of Her Staff : Privacy Maven

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:13:36 +0000

[...] coverage at Hot Air. As the Washington Post reports, Two State Department employees were fired and a third has been [...]

By: linlithgow

linlithgow — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:00:33 +0000

I thought that all three candidates had their files breached? Why the focus on Obama.

“Pastor Wright? Oh wow, over there, look! It’s a landshark!”

*ducks away*

By: Ballistic

Ballistic — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:31:10 +0000

So, if Obama loses after this passport breach of security and his Social Security number is exposed, is he going to end up dressed as a singing pirate in one of those Free Credit Report.com commercials?

jon1979 on March 21, 2008 at 10:38 AM

That was funny! Nice one!

By: MrC_5150

MrC_5150 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:55:34 +0000

I stole Obabma's passport photo. Shhhhhhhh.

By: mofo

mofo — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:11:51 +0000

I once worked at large health insurance company which handled the federal employee insurance plan. Everyone with a computer had access to the social security number, address, phone and health information of every federal employee, including members of congress and the president and his cabinet.

And I’m fairly certain that no one tracked who accessed what.

By: TooTall

TooTall — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:42:43 +0000

I see that Fox News is now reporting that all three candidates’ (Clinton, Obama, McCain) files were breached.

That ought to take some of the sting out of it for Obama since it appears to be either idle curiosity or someone with no party affiliation looking for dirt. It’s not really a conspiracy by typical white people.

By: SaintOlaf

SaintOlaf — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:16:05 +0000

Maybe he’s trying to deflect attention from this story:

Obama’s “church” published Hamas terror manifesto

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59456

By: highhopes

highhopes — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:08:55 +0000

The snooping at State also plays right into the Lib argument of the Bush Admins spying on innocent Americans in the name of national security.

CliffHanger on March 21, 2008 at 12:07 PM

Actually, IMO, it plays into the idea that the State Department needs massive reform- starting with driving out all the career bureaucrats who have no allegience to the nation if it runs counter to the “global view.”

As to the passport snooping, there are some serious questions that the department needs to answer. Obama’s people have one of the most obvious- why did it take so long for the department to make this public? Other questions include: Why are they contracting out something as sensitive as passport operations? What was the motive behind the snooping? and Were any laws broken?

By: Akzed

Akzed — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:51:28 +0000

This is waaaay worse than Chuckie Schumer’s staffers getting into Michael Steele’s credit report. Waaaay.

By: DfDeportation

DfDeportation — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:20:26 +0000

If this is political and if was committed by state department personnel, you can bet the Republicans weren’t involved. The state department is almost completely inhabited by left wingers.

rplat on March 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM

All OPEN BORDERS ZEALOTS!!!

By: DfDeportation

DfDeportation — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:19:21 +0000

where’s my apology for “breaching my passport files”??? ha ha ha This is nothing but a diversion from the spiritual enlightenment from that great “spiritual mentor”….Jeremiah Wright….ha ha ha ha

By: Infidoll

Infidoll — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:56:13 +0000

Data entry contractors in the DC area? There’s a very good chance they could be admiring members of the Messiah’s core constituency, if you know what I mean. If Schuster and Abrams all of a sudden lose interest in this, we’ll know why.

By: rplat

rplat — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:56:04 +0000

If this is political and if was committed by state department personnel, you can bet the Republicans weren’t involved. The state department is almost completely inhabited by left wingers.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:34:57 +0000

CommentGuy on March 21, 2008 at 12:26 PM

MM has an update too…

/pats self on back…

Called that one…

By: CommentGuy

CommentGuy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:34:34 +0000

The Swamp is reporting the McCain also had his passport peaked at also.

By: CommentGuy

CommentGuy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:26:07 +0000

CBS is now reporting that Hillary Clinton's passport was also accessed.

By: CliffHanger

CliffHanger — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:07:13 +0000

That was my thought as well when this story broke… that it could’ve been someone in the Hillary camp, or a Hillary sympathizer.

But now we learn that someone at State’s been snooping around Hillary’s passport file. What’s going on here?

I still think these are Dems who did this and I can’t wait to find out. However, we know the Bush Administration will get all the blame for allegedly allowing it to happen in the first place and for the lag time in taking action and notifying the candidates.

The snooping at State also plays right into the Lib argument of the Bush Admins spying on innocent Americans in the name of national security.

By: A Axe

A Axe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:58:18 +0000

The department’s top management officer, Undersecretary Patrick Kennedy, said certain records, including those of high-profile people, are “flagged” with a computer tag that tips off supervisors when someone tries to view the records without a proper reason.

Just like I said – they don’t care about the little people, just flagged users. Which means someone could just go in and view all my info, including my SSN. Heckuva job!

By: Rational Thought

Rational Thought — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:49:57 +0000

Let’s see, whose administration was infamous for illegally copying people’s FBI files? Whose was it? I’m trying to remember. I just know there once was a president in the White House who had a wife who liked to look at the secret files of her husband’s political enemies. I remember that this was the same administration that saw an inordinate number of their political enemies audited by the IRS. Hmmm, who was that? I wonder if any of their friends still work at the State Department? The same State Department that has had leak after leak of top secret information over the past 7 years designed to undermine a Republican president. Now whose administration was that? Who would benefit from finding dirt on Barack Obama? The name escapes me, but it’s just on the tip of my tongue…

By: Sultry Beauty

Sultry Beauty — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:49:00 +0000

I think I got the most out of the information that he lived in Jakarta between the ages of 6-10. Having (2) boys in this age range, I would say that those are the most formative years. Age 6 is about when kids repeat and understand past memories, i.e. remembering things like Santa Claus at Christmas and the exact activities you did the year before, and your likes and dislikes about them.

Sen. Obama spent this time in Jakarta, Indonesia? Stats about that city:

Ethnic groups: Javanese (35%), Betawi (28%), Sundanese (15%), Chinese (6%), Batak (4%), Minangkabau (3%)

Religion: Islam (86%), Protestant (6%), Roman Catholic (4%), Buddhism (4%), Hindu

Languages: Indonesian, Betawi, Javanese, Sundanese

I’m not trying to say anything other than when you’re young your sensibilities are rooted mostly in your childhood. Think about how much Americans spend on therapy just to get over the things that happened to them in their childhood.

By: Connie

Connie — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:43:36 +0000

Romeo13 on March 21, 2008 at 11:38 AM

True. I thought that while writing, but figured I’d let you say it.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:38:25 +0000

Connie on March 21, 2008 at 11:31 AM

Just because he was once appointed by Clinton does NOT mean he is not an Obama supporter…

By: Connie

Connie — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:31:55 +0000

And its interesting that the person in charge, who would have leaked this… is a Democrat?

Romeo13 on March 21, 2008 at 11:16 AM

The PIC being a Clinton-appointed ambassador trying to stop the Obama free fall (because the story that the Clinton and Obama camps are fighting was only created for a TV series) and they really are going to run as a team against McCain?

heh

By: A Axe

A Axe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:19:27 +0000

The Social Security number is dicey, but most of it’s public info and the travel plans are pretty much useless.

Honestly, I don’t care if Obama’s travel plans are useless. Or of his SSN # is dicey. I am talking about MYSELF. It took them months to even mention that Obama’s information was viewed. Why would they care about me?

As another posted said, this is a horrible horrible setup. All SQL systems have permissions for a reason – so you can control what people can see (and can’t see). Giving access to ‘low level contractors’ to all the enchilada is horrible. I’m sorry, but I value MY privacy – no one has any business going in and sniffing in there.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:16:08 +0000

See…. nothin up my sleeve…

Watch me pull a conspiricy outa my hat…

PRESTO!!!!

I would venture to guess that this happens all the time… and its interesting that this was LEAKED to the press… because it sure does not get talked about normally…

And its interesting that the person in charge, who would have leaked this… is a Democrat?