Obama Passport Breach Scandal

According to MSNBC, two contract employees of the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs have been fired for accessing Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama's passport file on three separate occasions in January, February, and March 2008. A third employee has been disciplined. The Obama campaign called the unauthorized prying, "an outrageous breach of security and privacy... we demand to know who looked at the passport file, for what purpose." Senator Joe Biden called for an investigation by the State Department Inspector General.
Fast Facts:
1. Three employees involved in incident
2. Incident occurred in January 2008
3. The employees were contractors
4. 1992: Then-candidate Bill Clinton's file breached; three year investigation ensued
5. Government maintains tight restrictions on confidential files of presidential candidates
6. The FBI is conducting an inquiry into the incident
7. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack: files accessed "without a need to do so."
8. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice apologized to Obama for the breach

Obama Passport Breach Scandal News
- New York Times: Passport Files of 3 Candidates Breached, Officials Say (March 21, 2008)
- NBC News: Passport scandal leads to Virginia contractor (March 21, 2008)
- Reuters: Rice Apologizes to Obama Over Passport Files (March 21, 2008)
- MSNBC Video: NBC News Confirms Investigation of Obama Passport Breach (Time 19:51)
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- Boston Globe: Obama demands probe over passport breach (March 20, 2008)
- The Washington Times: Obama passport files violated; 2 State Department workers fired (March 20, 2008)
- MSNBC: 2 Fired Over Obama Passport File Breach (March 20, 2008)
- Topix.net: Obama Passport Breach
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Obama Passport Breach Scandal Background
- NYT: State Department Official Who Searched Clinton's Passport Files Resigns (November 18, 1992)
Obama Passport Breach Scandal Blogs and Commentaries
- Political Punch (ABC News): State Department: "No, No, No, No, No, No." (Yes) (March 21, 2008)
- New York Times Blog: State Dept. Punishes Aides for Obama Passport Breach (March 20, 2008)
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