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2 fired over Obama passport file breach — Third employee at State disciplined over accessing candidate's records — Two contract employees of the State Department were fired and a third person was disciplined for accessing passport records of Sen. Barack Obama “without a need to do so …
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Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Obama passport files violated; 2 State Department workers fired — Two State Department employees were fired recently and a third disciplined for improperly accessing electronic personal data on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NUGGETS — A few more details about the Obama passport breach. According to a new piece out in the Post from Glenn Kessler, the breaches occurred Jan. 9th, Feb. 21st and March 14th. — That would be the day after the New Hampshire primary, the day of the Democratic debate in Texas and the day the Wright story really hit.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Looking at Obama's File Gets Two Fired — The State Department said last night that it had fired two contract employees and disciplined a third for accessing Sen. Barack Obama's passport file. — Obama's presidential campaign immediately called for a “complete investigation.”
CNN:
Officials: Someone snooped in Obama passport file — (CNN) — On three occasions since January, Sen. Barack Obama's passport file was looked at by three different contract workers, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. — The contractors accessed information in the file in an unauthorized way, he said.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:State Dept. workers illicitly check Obama's passport [Updated]
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Jeremiah Wright was White House guest — The recent coverage of Rev. Jeremiah Wright has often cast him as a marginal, almost fringe figure, but Trinity Church is a major Chicago institution, and Wright has long been a prominent pastor on the American scene.
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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Photograph of Bill Clinton and Rev. Wright Surfaces — During one of the most difficult periods in the presidency of Bill Clinton, he addressed a group of clerics at an annual prayer breakfast in September 1998 just as the Starr report outlining his dalliance with Monica Lewinsky was about to be published.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:FOX News Poll: More Than Half Believe Obama Doesn't Share Views of Pastor Wright
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Barry Massey / Associated Press:
AP: Gov. Richardson endorsing Obama — SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling him a “once-in-a-lifetime leader” who can unite the nation and restore America's international leadership.
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain aide circulates Obama/Wright video, is suspended — An aide to John McCain was suspended from the campaign today for blasting out an inflammatory video that raises questions about Barack Obama's patriotism. — Soren Dayton, who works in McCain's political department …
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Patrick Ruffini / TownHall Blog:
Defending Soren Dayton — Earlier today, Soren Dayton, a friend and frequent collaborator in the blogosphere, was suspended from the McCain campaign for making a note of this video in his Twitter account. — A few notes here. I use Twitter a lot. And I'm “looser” on Twitter than I would be on my blog.
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Matt Lewis / TownHall Blog:
McCain Throws Aide Under the Bus for Twittering YouTube Link — Today, John McCain suspended an aide — Soren Dayton — for distributing this controversial YouTube video about Barack Obama and Rev. Wright. As campaigns spokesperson Jill Hazelbaker told Jonathan Martin, Dayton was “reprimanded by campaign leadership.”
Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Obama church published Hamas terror manifesto — Compares charter calling for murder of Jews to Declaration of Independence — JERUSALEM - Sen. Barack Obama's Chicago church reprinted a manifesto by Hamas that defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to recognize the right …
Taylor Marsh / The Huffington Post:
Obama: Grandmother “Typical White Person” — Via a WIP radio: … Can you imagine if Hillary Clinton said someone was a “typical black person?” — Seriously, Barack Obama basically called all white people racist. You know, because when us typical white folk walk down the street …
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Amy Sullivan / Washington Monthly:
Guest: Amy Sullivan — AS I WAS SAYING....Good lord. I always forget there's no presumption of good faith (no pun intended) in the blogosphere. I should know better than to throw up a quick post, but let's all take a deep breath and start over. — I believe one of the reasons …
David Neiwert / Firedoglake:
The Media's Race Problem — Probably the most remarkable aspect of the recent feeding frenzy about Barack Obama's so-called “pastor problem” — besides the agility and smarts that Obama has displayed in handling it — is not as much what it reveals about the state of race in America …
Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Michigan Do-Over Dies — With lawmakers leaving for the holiday weekend today without taking up a bill that would've provided for a second Democratic primary, Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan basically declared the do-over option dead. — In a statement issued this afternoon, Ms. Granholm, a Clinton supporter, said:
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