Obama's Passport File Illegally Accessed

  Of course you all know this by now, but today, Chairman Henry Waxman  ( Oversight Committee ) sent a letter to the State Department asking for the names of the companies who had hired the contractors who got the unauthorized information to Barack Obama's passport files. Chairman Waxman also wishes for the State Department to release this info to the public.  Source

  I do not see that happening under the currant administration as it seems that someone in the Bush Crime Syndicate is up to no good once again. Contractors do not get this kind of info just by pure luck.

   Anyway, here's Waxman's letter to State. You can also get the full text in (pdf).

Dear Madam Secretary:

Yesterday, Ambassador Patrick Kennedy, the Under Secretary of State for Management, confirmed that three contract employees working for two State Department contractors gained unauthorized access to the passport records of Senator Barack Obama. When Ambassador Kennedy was asked for the identities of the contract employees and the companies, however, he declined to provide them:

Question: Are you releasing the names of any of these three contractors or the companies for which they were contracting on behalf of the State Department? …

Ambassador Kennedy: In a word, no.

I am writing to request that you provide the Oversight Committee by Monday with the identities of the companies involved in these breaches. I also believe this information should be made publicly available.

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the principal oversight committee in the House of Representatives and has broad oversight jurisdiction as set forth in House Rule X.

Sincerely,

Henry A. Waxman
Chairman

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