Obama's Passport file breached

[montanacowboy]

breaking on KO - happened in January....administration looking for what???????????????????

[joeybee12]

1. I saw a headline, no link...is KO breaking it, or is it a scroll? n/t

[montanacowboy]

3. KO breaking

now on his show

[joeybee12]

5. Thanks.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. It's his lead story, they're still investigating, since this just came in before they went on-air...

They're speculating, talking to those who may have info, but it's still breaking news...:-(

[Rhiannon12866]

2. HUGH news! I'm watching, too. K&R!

Yikes! x(

[Life Long Dem]

4. Another post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5180797

[LSparkle]

7. WTF -- Poppy's admin did the same to Bill C's passport file

turned into a special prosecutor investigation ...

Overreach AGAIN by BFEE????

On edit: To make my outrage more evident (this is not just a little deal).

[BlueManDude]

10. Man I had forgotten about that. nm

[Rhiannon12866]

16. KO is likening it to this... n/t

[Lint Head]

8. This could be the watergate that impeaches Bush and Company.

I pray it is so! Ask Obama to call for Bush's impeachment now. Call or contact your Congressman. :dem:

[thewiseguy]

9. What type of information would be in a passport file?

[Lint Head]

13. The Nazis asked for your papers.

Halt! Were are your papers? You cannot transverse the fatherland without your papers.
Americans have died to stop fascism forever during WWII. It is running our precious country. :dem:

[B2G]

11. See this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5181265

[JitterbugPerfume]

12. this opened a huge can o' worms

Seems Poppy Bush did the same thing to Bill Clinton

[Nitrogenica]

14. January was when the "Barack is a Muslim" memo started circulating a lot.

[rwheeler31]

15. op reseacrch

[Rhiannon12866]

17. It happened 3X, 1/9, 2/21 and last Friday, but this "breach" was just revealed.

2 employees were fired and a third was "disciplined." They're saying that people were just "snooping," didn't pass the info on, which is much more serious. There's going to be a "conference call" expected at 9pm...

[thewiseguy]

18. "snooping"? For what? For something to pass on?

[FrenchieCat]

20. Changing the records to show him somewhere he wasn't.......

Like Iran or something. Who knows? These are some serious fucks!

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Obama has a very long passport history, since he traveled to Indonesia when he was a small child.

But this is serious breaking news. The question is why nobody knew, including Sen. Obama, until tonight, and it first happened in January... Abrams said that there was apparently "no political motivation..." :shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

21. They don't know yet. They were "lower level" State Dept. contract employees

who may have just been "curious." It's not known yet who or why, but Obama was just informed tonight! They said that it wasn't passed on, which is a felony. It was KO's entire program, but Dan Abrams is continuing the story now. Three people on three different occasions...

[Lint Head]

19. No other network is reporting this.

The administration is strong arming the networks not to report this. But, KO is fearless! Thank God! :dem:

[thewiseguy]

24. its the top story on CNN.com

[WinkyDink]

22. I call Republican shenanigans. This happened with Bill Clinton, too.

[Rhiannon12866]

25. That's the reason that this tripped some kind of alarm.

It was put in place after in happened to Bill Clinton, per MSNBC.

[high density]

26. I don't buy this State Dept bullshit that three people were simply curious about him

I could see one, but three? And it took them this long to tell Obama about it? This is ridiculous.

[shaniqua6392]

27. I don't understand what info could be garnered by this spying.

Can anyone help me out on this?

[Rhiannon12866]

28. Keith Olbermann is back on MSNBC and he's live, continuing this breaking story!

Normally, this would be a repeat of the 8pm broadcast, but they're reporting on this story as they get more facts...

[slinkerwink]

29. great to hear!

[Rhiannon12866]

40. I think that this is going to be on live all night, until they get some answers.

It's way too big a story to abandon while there's still breaking news. The prison documentaries will have to wait... x(

[Coexist]

30. Anderson Cooper is all over it now

big news. "this investigation has to be deep and wide."

[slinkerwink]

35. glad to hear cooper's on this now

[Coexist]

37. Gergen was good (again)

Obama staffer was a call-in guest. Good coverage.

What info can you get from this? Travel records? SS#?

[Coexist]

38. delete dupe

Obama staffer was a call-in guest. Good coverage.

What info can you get from this? Travel records? SS#?

[Coexist]

39. ha! Cooper tried to make a big deal outta grandma-gate

and both commentators (Bernstein and Gergen )basically told him to shut up and Roland Martin called on him to make CNN the place to go to for great debate on the important issues.

[slinkerwink]

31. Keith still carrying this

[slinkerwink]

32. Keith saying there was some sort of a cover-up!

[slinkerwink]

34. Andrea Mitchell said this story isn't going to go away easily soon

[Avalux]

33. What if they weren't looking - but were ALTERING?

I'd like to know if those individuals had the capacity to alter the information.

[slinkerwink]

36. that's possible

[Rhiannon12866]

41. They keep saying that it was "low level" State Dept. employees...

But who participated in Watergate?:shrug: