Why were "low level" employees allowed to access his files? There is some

[Peregrine Took]

thing wrong there.

Controls should have been built in for dignitaries above a certain level such as U.S. Senators, and the like that there records could only be accessed by supervisors at a high level. I smell a rat.

[npincus]

1. I'll bet it leads straight to the TOP:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. Were they employees or independent private contractors?

My understanding is that some functions have been privatized in the State Department and that non-government personnel accessed the file who were working under contract.

[LSparkle]

5. Contractors -- CSC according to another thread

I thought that civil servants had to take an oath or something -- that they were more "culpable" if they
made a mistake -- and maybe contractors do the same but I wonder ...

[babylonsister]

7. Ind. Contractors, but they could have been doing data entry.

I don't think anyone knows yet.

[PM7nj]

3. Foggy Bottom has truly hit the bottom...

[high density]

4. Well there are data entry workers making $8/hr everywhere

that have access to very sensitive information. It's just the world we live in today.

[roguevalley]

6. this happens at the IRS and phone companies and such. Famous

people are always getting their stuff looked at by idiots doing computer work. You hear about it now and then. But never like this at this level unless its attached to a group seeking information for scandal.

[joshcryer]

9. This isn't as high level as you make it out to be, it was 3 distinct incidences, with 2 firings.

It's people being curious.

[DerekJ]

11. People being curious?!!

Hey!! I wonder where did senator Obama go, let me log in and get this info, knowing that everything done on a secured network is being logged, and that I can possibly lose my Job, but I am curious.

MOROOOON

[joshcryer]

8. You'd be surprised how many people have access to your personal information.

Really it's just a matter of being at the right computer terminal or having the right password.

This is *not* the same as Clinton's situation.

[Cooley Hurd]

10. If they were data entry temps, they SHOULD NOT have been anywhere near...

...the main database. They should've been working on a seperate database (to be later merged with the main database by State Dept IT personnel).

[Peregrine Took]

12. My husband was a consultant on a huge payroll project and only employees

at a very high level were allowed to view, say, the CEO's salary.

In the government the "alert" that was triggered should have been sent directly to the Inspector General's office.

[rocktivity]

13. I find this stress on their being "contract" workers VERY suspicious

I'm just not buying into the idea of three different single-digit-wage peons each having such a crush on Obama that they just HAD to look in his passport file. Also, keep in mind this is George Bush's Department of State. Imprudent curiosity, my donkey.

:headbang:
rocknation

[thewiseguy]

14. One mid level state department employee involved- per CNN

[pscot]

15. Contract workers suggests special ops

Maybe put there to mine Obama's files. They could be disposed of quickly, by firing, without a hearing, then simply dissappear. I smell a Rat.

[slinkerwink]

16. we need an investigation in this!

[Tatiana]

17. We don't want contractors securing our ports or screening people at airports.

We feel that the responsibility of the task requires they be government employees.

Why the hell is the upkeep of passport records for citizens of the United States contracted out?

Why are these not government employees, subject to federal employee regulations when dealing with high-ranking/high level citizens?

[pansypoo53219]

18. the rat's name is probably

dick.

[Captain Hilts]

19. This has ALWAYS bothered me. nt