New Review Finds Passport File Breaches
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WASHINGTON — State Department workers viewed passport applications containing personal information about high-profile Americans — including the late Playboy playmate, Anna Nicole Smith — at least 20 times since January 2007, the Associated Press has learned. That total is far more than disclosed last week with the news that presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama had been victims of improper snooping. An internal department review has found the additional instances of department employees or contractors looking at computerized passport files of politicians and celebrities, according to preliminary results.
