Was the review of Obama's passport file

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

This doesnt really answer my question. I was already aware of these facts.

I am still wondering what the info is that is being protected? What political advantage does anyone have by looking at someone's passport?

To my knowledge, a passport file will hold the info one submits when applying for a passport (DOB, address, SS number, etc.) as well as the pictures. It may also have a copy of the birth certificate and/or other docs that prove citizenship. I heard a newsperson say this morning that it also contains a record of foreign travel, but I wonder about that because that information is held by INS, which is a totally separate agency from the State Department.

If someone was looking for dirt, the IRS would be the first place to start. The first place I started working after college was the IRS. Non-work related browsing of individual files would have been very easy. I'm sure they've tightened that up since then, but someone with access could probably still do it.

[il Padrino Ute]

If it was politically motivated, the first place to start looking is the Clinton campaign.

[exUte]

Originally Posted by myboynoah

To my knowledge, a passport file will hold the info one submits when applying for a passport (DOB, address, SS number, etc.) as well as the pictures. It may also have a copy of the birth certificate and/or other docs that prove citizenship. I heard a newsperson say this morning that it also contains a record of foreign travel, but I wonder about that because that information is held by INS, which is a totally separate agency from the State Department.

If someone was looking for dirt, the IRS would be the first place to start. The first place I started working after college was the IRS. Non-work related browsing of individual files would have been very easy. I'm sure they've tightened that up since then, but someone with access could probably still do it.

in 1997 (geez, I wonder who the president was?):

From the Time article today......."The good news here," says Harper of the Obama breach, "is that they were tracking access to data. That's an important practice." That kind of system wasn't in place when a 1997 investigation found that thousands of Internal Revenue Service employees, overcome by their own "imprudent curiosity," had rifled through the tax returns of celebrities, friends and neighbors.

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Absolutely. 100%. There is no question this is politcally motivated. It may not have been orchestrated by a campaign, but it was politically motivated. These things don't just happen.

Agreed.