Steven G. Brant: Senator Obama's Passport Records Broken Into: We Must Learn The Truth

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from HuffPost:





Steven G. Brant
Senator Obama's Passport Records Broken Into: We Must Learn The Truth
Posted March 20, 2008 | 09:41 PM (EST)



Breaking News from MSNBC:

The passport files of Senator Barack Obama were inappropriately accessed on January 9th, February 14th, and March 14th of this year by contract employees of the State Department.
The facts being presented on MSNBC (or perhaps I should say "information being presented as fact") as coming from the State Department is that the fact of these breaches of Senator Obama's files was not reported beyond the mid-level managers who first learned of these events until this afternoon. In other words, Secretary of State Rice -- we are told by the State Department -- did not learn these facts until yesterday. And we are told that Senator Obama's office was not told about any of this until today.

However, the State Department's Inspector General has NOT conducted an investigation. So, all that MSNBC has to go on is the State Department's own statements. An investigation WILL be conducted.

Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger is telling MSNBC (by phone), "It's pretty clear to me that this was not done for political purposes."

Sorry, Secretary Eagleburger, but you have no more ability to know why Senator Obama's files were broken into than I do.

What I will hold out for is verifiable truths resulting from an independent, absolutely impartial investigation.

I will hold out for verifiable truth regarding not just how this happened and who knew about it and when... but also why it happened.

I hope you will all do the same.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-g-brant/senator-obamas-passport-_b_92673.html

[goclark]

1. What other purpose was it for than

and how would he know it was not political?

This wasn't his shaving lotion or his Boyhood Baseball Cards.
:mad:

[Voice for Peace]

2. Verifiable truth would be a refreshing change. nt

[ThomWV]

3. Just what is a "passport file" anyway?

I have a passport, I suppose I also have a passport file. What could be in there other than the original application, which doesn't have anything on it that couldn't be found out quickly and easily by anyone. Possibly it contains a record of reentrys into the country, an itinerary of which could be easily recreated from open news sources for Senator Obama. So just what is so important here? I just can not understand the whoop and holler about this. Some half witts at State got their giggles from looking up a famous person, and they got their asses fired for it. So what?