Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Lacey C. — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:22:20 GMT

My point exactly...

We are all at risk, why would we think different if the government has trampled on our rights for the last 8 years or more?

They can't focus on the American people, because they are fighting a war and getting richer.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Lisa in New Britain, CT — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:22:38 GMT

Ok, obviously this opened up a whole big can of worms. All of us Americans can feel like anyone can look up all our information.

Wonderful...

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Dan, PA — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:25:03 GMT

Much ado about nothing Obama. Everyone's file was looked into. Move on, try another trick to get symphathy vote. Wright's damaging effect is a little hard to swallow still.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Pathetic — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:27:42 GMT

Oh my GOD, you mean Clinton not only had Obama's file breached, but she also had McCain's file breached

AND HER OWN FILE breached?

Obama supporters get over your pathetic selves.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Sierra, SF — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:28:02 GMT

Why are Clinton supporters trying to minimize a breach of public records ?

Is it because the Clintons did the SAME THING with FBI records ?

Should the government allow political hacks access to government records ?

Was anyone prosecuted for the Clintons misuse of FBI records ?

Is this mentioned in the release of Hillary's White House logs ?

08:00 Snooping on opponents' FBI records
10:00 Smearing Monica and hiding Bill's condoms
12:00 Lunch with Marc Rich's wife
02:00 Supporting NAFTA in private forums
03:00 Meeting with Norman Hus and Johnnie Huang
04:00 Helping Wal-Mart import Chinese goods and bust unions
05:00 Geography lesson: Where is Bosnia ?

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Dave, Tn — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:28:13 GMT

90% chance it was a democrat. That is the make up of DC according to reporting during jury selection for the Libby trial.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Pam in NC — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:29:19 GMT

Obamanuts should apologize to the Clintons for saying they had a hand in this passport BREACH.

Obama should apologize to America for his pastor's BREACH of ministerial conduct and for not having Sound Judgement to denounce HATE speech when he hears it.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Tony — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:29:45 GMT

I wonder if Clinton will apologize for all the FBI files that were illegally obtained and brought into the White House.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

itsyourvoicestupid, Phila., Pa. — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:30:33 GMT

Give me a break. The republicans want Hillary to win. They told her that her passport was breached in 2007, so the media would not think she is behind Senator Obama's breach. Are you kidding me! Obama did not accuse Hillary's camp of anything but, we are not stupid. Hillary did it, end of story.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Veteran, Austin Texas — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:30:47 GMT

So, when were these folks notified? Big Brother Bush apparently needs to drum up dirt on all his enemies ie: Obama, Clinton, his new found friend McCain?

My god what is happening to our Governmental system...this isn't the country I thought it was. Keith Olberman needs to add this to his "Bushed" segment....the one man outlining the stunning amount of crooked Blood for Oil and money tactics that have run this country into the ground.

This country is headed for a Rome style collapse at this rate....destroyed from the inside, but blamed on the 21st Century Goths from the outside.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

csh, IL — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:32:36 GMT

Good - maybe this will stop all the Obama supporters from their whining. Maybe they can concersn themselves now with who breached Hillary's privacy.

And their "Pastor Disaster" debacle is not going away.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

A Latte Lover, Seattle, WA — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:34:11 GMT

Why would they just be notifying Senator Clinton, NOW, that her passport file had been breached in "2007"??? This makes no sense. Hmmmm

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Dr.Strangedog, MI — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:36:16 GMT

Nevermind any of that. How in the name of Jumpin' Jack Flash, during the whole "protecting America from the extremist" can there be sooooo many breaches in house????

If someone hacked into your bank account ONCE anyone would fortify their security. So how did this happen 3 more times? And only one person fired?

I'm sure people still would rather beat the recently deceased horse named Wright but this is one of those serious issues we tend to overlook.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Gary Newcome, Wichita, Ks. — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:36:44 GMT

Surely, It must be Bush's fault, We need a full investigation by Congress.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

sunny, nv — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:37:44 GMT

This is unbelievable. There is Absolutely No Reason for this to occur if the proper safeguards were in place.
I managed a computer department for several years, and even that long ago we knew to password protect sensitive information.
There should have been much more than a Warning, when these files were attempting to be accessed. There should have been a complete, computer generated halt of the processing until the appropriate password had been entered and that should only be possible with authorization (either codes or a second, higher-level operator).
It's impossible to understand why these safeguards are not in place ... and what about national security files ... are they also so easily "breached"???

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Brian, Cedar Hill, TX — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:43:04 GMT

Disgusting, that this was committed by LOW-LEVEL employees???? Why the hell do they have any access at all??? And this warning system was triggered only because they accessed HIGH-PROFILE individuals - meaning that these low-life creeps are accessing the private records of all the regular John and Jane Smiths in the nation and doing God knows what with our information. I wouldn't doubt if the contractor is a sister company of Bush & Cheney's cohorts in crime Brown & Root. I also wouldn't expect much help from the Justice Dept - those Bush lackey's will destroy whatever evidence they can get their hands on and claim Executive Privilege. This is something the Bush Admin. knew was going on all along and just got caught in another one of their despicable crimes.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Patrick Casey. Salt lake City,UT — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:43:49 GMT

All morning with absolutly no evidence Shuster and others at MSNBC have been trying to gin up the idea that the Clinton campaign was somehow involved in the Obama passport affair. Yellow journalism at its worst.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Mel_kw — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:45:33 GMT

My immediate reaction to hearing the story about Obama's passport file being breached was that it was probably just some employees that were curious - kind of like the phenominon of googling people.

However, when I found out the dates on which this occurred - I changed my mind:

Jan.9 - the date of the New Hampshire Primary...AFTER Obama had surprised everyone and won Iowa handily

Feb. 21 - After the Patomic Primary where Obama cleaned up and, I believe, the day of the Texas debate

March 14 - the day the Rev. Wright scandal broke big...These would have been very politically expediant times for something bad to come out about Obama.

Add to that the SAME person who did this, accessed Senator McCain's passport. The announcement that Hillary's passport had been breached in a training exercise LAST July did little to quell the suspiciousness of this - in fact, it appears to be the exception that proves the rule, it does not "fit" with the other breaches in its character.

WAY too much of a coincidence.

And yes, you can learn things from a passport file - maybe nothing of substance, but I'm betting that IF this were political, they wouldn't need to find something of substance to spin out into the media cycle and do harm.

That said, I am NOT blaming Clinton, it MAY BE just a very strange coincidence...but it is really questionable.

Maybe everyone wouldn't be so quick to blame Clinton were it not for her demonstrated willingness to do ANYTHING to win, she has lied, bent rules, and even tried to change the rules where it suits her. And she has a less then stellar record of honesty - One thing about Hillary's 35 years of "experience" that IS accurate is that it is wrought with scandal.

So, though she may be an innocent in this, and it may be unfair for people to speculate....Is it any wonder that they are?

Hillary has no one to blame for the wild speculation that she somehow has a hand in this - but HERSELF.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Rick, NC — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:45:35 GMT

John Mccain will not have a leg to stand on if the complains...after all if he has nothing to hide he shouldn't be worried about government contractors prying...

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Vernon — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:47:03 GMT

I only care if the passports were for leaving America and not coming back for all three of them!

NO?...... well then who cares?

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Rose Lowy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:52:34 GMT

Isn't it stragne that all of a sudden we are told that all three Nominees have been breached. How convenient is that at a time when the Republicans might be suspected of trying to pull a Watergate on Obama? This Administration will stoop to anything. I do not trust this new finding of three breaches.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

jane-pa. — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:52:56 GMT

Did Hillary get an apolagy too? Gee she isnt whining more presidential I guess.Obama is so done in .Hillary gives great speeches she may ,on a good day, get a mention for it. Obama clears his throat all media on him.Hillary will overcome and show us what CHANGE is all about.go to hillaryclinton.com and check her out.Everyone is welcome there.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Pete - Albany, NY — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:56:12 GMT

Way to breed faith and trust in our government!

You just can't count on the Bush Administration to do anything right. I can't wait to see how W rewards Rice, Kennedy and McCormack for a job well as he seems to enjoy rewarding incompetence!

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Spencer Newman, Fullerton, CA — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:11:56 GMT

Isn't it wonderful how you can outsource all kinds of information to contractor companies and just because some executive signs a piece of paper saying none of his employees will do stupid stuff they just do it anyway! This is the spawn of outsourcing. Now the people that did the outsourcing can plead plausible deny ability! Isn't big government grand!

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Vaughan Thomas — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:16:29 GMT

First, the Obama campaign never blamed Clinton for this. Second, the important issue is that private contractors have NO ACCOUNTABILITY! The people who did this were fired before they could be investigated by the Inspector General. Of course, the Inspector General before this, I heard, was let go amid a bribery scandal. Typical Republican corruption situation.

This Administration does not act as if rules apply to them. They are not making sure that the rule of law is applied. It is wrong when private contractors are in charge, just like with Abu Gharaib prison.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Jim , Rockville, MD — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:18:08 GMT

Let's just let the contractors run the government, and no one will be accountable for anything.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Jim , Rockville, MD — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:18:08 GMT

Let's just let the contractors run the government, and no one will be accountable for anything.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

j fl — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:23:41 GMT

Obama folks have literally lost their minds. When Bill Clinton was in office, you can bet your butt that both Bill and Hillary were heavily investigated without their knowledge and it is still happening today. Obama people don't get this. That is exactly why the Clintons are THE only ones who can fight against this type of dirty, illegal republican tactic.The repub attack machine is already at work and will undermine and attack this Obama wus until he is completely destroyed. We are choosing another incredibly vulnerable and weak candidate, who will lose against McCain. Stupid, foolish democrats. We did it to ourselves yet again, making decisions from our hearts instead of our heads.

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Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Bolan N. — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:36:40 GMT

Typical beahvior from the Bush admin. Can't wait for them to leave.I hope everyone who voted for Bush can sleep at night..Thanks for helping destroy the country.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

American Voter — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:39:02 GMT

Nice try Sen. Obama. Nice try in doing what you can to sway the attention off of your serious lack in judgment by associating yourself with such vile, anti-American rhetoric --FOR 20 YEARS!!!

I actually heard you speak once at a rally and I was sitting in the audience and it dawned on my why you choose to have such large crowds opposed to having a town hall setting. It is because you do not take specific questions from the audience on your positions to various policies. Period!

Game over, as the American Voter is about to crack this election wide open in favor of Sen. Clinton.
And as far as 'Yes, WE can" No sir, not this time.
Voters will not be fooled henceforth!

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

redshift, spokane wa — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:08:01 GMT

to all the st. obama rabid lemmings: it's snowing in spokane, wa. right now. blame the clinton campaign!

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Rufus Gibbons Washington DC — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:14:14 GMT

When Bill Clinton was running against Bush 41 the CIA or the FBI did a background check on his mother.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Tracker — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:28:24 GMT

"The U.S. government has a responsibility to respect the privacy of all Americans." --John McCain

AAAHAHAHA... AAAAHAHAHA...

My word! You mean, government empoyees are able to look at SS numbers? I'm so shocked! How could this be?

The media is really scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to create "scandals" now.

Let's just forget all about the warrantless searches and wiretaps. Of course, they only do that to "suspected terrorists" right? Give me a break. Privacy is DEAD.

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

another inspired — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:17:16 GMT

Dear Clintonites:

Due to “you’re being DUPED” by Hillary and her statements, the flip-flop on NAFTA, the flip-flop on the Michigan/ Florida Re-vote, the flip-flop on the Iraq war, and her basic negative campaigning practices: then please listen with rapt interest to following:

WARNING: THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE “TO CURE YOURSELF” OF THE DREADFUL DISEASE CALLED: "CLINTONITIS-LARENGITIS!"

If you believe that you have been brainwashed, by the “Clintonista Brainwashing Machine,” and that you have been inadvertently infected with "CLINTONITIS-LARENGITIS." Quick, call for a quarantine procedure specialist and get this plague under control!

You can tell if you have "CLINTONITIS-LARENGITIS" from the following telltale symptoms.
Every time you open your mouth, the following occurs: inaccuracies, inattention to detail, and flat out un-truths; not to mention distortions, disruptions, and miss-communications, temper-tantrums, and inconsiderate language communication.

You must seek the CURE IMMEDIATELY in order to avoid further BRAIN-ROT!

YOU MUST SAY THE FOLLOWING TEN TIMES TO AVOID "CLINTONITIS-LARENGITIS:"

1. Obama is the one, the only one, who has been honest about his feelings and opinions concerning Rev. Wright: This inspires trust!

2. Obama is dedicated to his loved ones/family: This inspires trust!!

3. Obama is the one: who has spent his life serving others rather than trying to get rich: This inspires trust !

4. The rich and powerful are few: but they will try to destroy Obama because of his stance on special interest: This inspires trust!

5. Obama is loyal to his family, God, and Country: This inspires trust!

6. Obama is the one who gave an historic speech that challenged us to see beyond the color of ones skin: This inspires trust!

Good, then this will make sense to you now:
Clinton has failed to INSPIRE --anything!

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Ed Sunshine, Largo, Florida — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:22:20 GMT

My take on this is they are spreading out the breaches naming other people than Obama for the purpose of marginalizing the situation and to take the focus away from OBAMA. Remember this administration lies and breaks the law as a daily business as usual policy. How can anyone trust them to tell the truth on this very embarrasing issue?

Passports for McCain, Clinton also breached

Ed Sunshine, Largo, Florida — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:23:51 GMT