Report Shows Employees Peeked At Celebrities’ Passports
By Charlie Brett
12:16, July 4th 2008
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Report Shows Employees Peeked At Celebrities’ Passports

Thursday, the inspector general of the State Department released a report in which it was stated that some of the employees have accessed more frequently than previously thought some passports of wealthy people and celebrities.

Officials said that those employees have been fired and others were under investigation.

According to ABC News, the report showed that about 127 famous people had their records accessed at least once. Nine of these passports were accessed more than 100 times. The names of the famous people were not made public.

Officials said that they weren’t sure if those accesses were authorized.

“Although an 85 percent hit rate appears to be excessive, the Department currently lacks criteria to determine whether this is actually an inordinately high rate,” stated the report, according to ABC News.

This investigation began after an internal audit showed that the passports files of Hillary Rodham Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama were viewed by employees who had not been authorized to do so. In March, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologized to the three senators for the situation.

The Inspector General’s report stated that the agency had “control weaknesses” and it had to take immediate steps to correct their policies and procedures and also to create some disciplinary measures for employees who breached personal files. The report suggested 22 steps to secure passport files, recommending random audits of files and diminishing the number of those who were authorized to view them.



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