CNN reports this morning:
Hillary Clinton’s passport file was breached in 2007, Secretary of State Rice told Clinton, according to the senator’s office.
Yesterday, it was:
The State Department says security on Barack Obama’s passport file has been breached, campaign officials tell CNN.
McCain will be next
I suspect that by Monday, we’ll learn that Senator John McCain’s Passport file has also been breached. What about everyone else who was running and what about everyone who was not running? Do you think Ashley Dupré and Elliot Spitzer’s passport files haven’t been pulled up by now? We are a creature of curiosity and there’s no doubt in my mind that these things happen constantly. Think about it. Hillary’s breach was in 2007. Surely, it was just now noticed because someone figured they should check on other people who are in the spotlight for any breaches only because Obama’s breach hit the news.
Are DMV, Social Security, and other files safe?
Some may be safer than others, but we are in an age where computing technology is making incredible advances and our government can embrace these advances or ignore them. I really can’t speak to what security checks are in place, but it worries me that high profile people are being compromised in this manner and it goes nearly unnoticed.
I suppose this is where you’re glad you’re not famous. Who do YOU think turn up breached next?
UPDATE: McCain’s file WAS breached. And it seems I beat CNN to the punch with this news (even if I WAS just speculating).
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on March 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Dude, CNN is reading your blog :) I still don’t understand what is in someone’s passport file that is such a big deal. Do you?
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on March 21st, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Elizabeth: Apparently. LOL… Actually, I had just seen the report about Hillary’s passport file and figured I’d write about McCain’s before the news hit and I was right on the money. I just didn’t think it would happen right after I made the post.
on March 21st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I think the government should hire a bunch of hackers to teach them how to tighten up their security. Joe, maybe you should get your resume ready!
on March 21st, 2008 at 9:27 pm
FerdC: I haven’t really “hacked” (in the sense most people think of it) in a long time. Besides, the gov’t already has a bunch of hackers on staff.
on March 21st, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Mate, how did you pull that one off? I am seeing it all over CNN right now (only just got up but went online before I turned on the TV).
It would leave me fealing a bit uneasy after my passport files have been breached. I guess it is something that comes with the game they are in.
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on March 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 am
Gerri: This post started as speculation… Like I said, with the curious nature of people, it just stands to reason that the news would break that John McCain’s passport file was breached, too. A bunch of people posted it to Digg after I did, but none of the stories are getting a lot of action. I’m more interested in the fact that the “protected” data of key officials is wide open, as it means my own data is just wide open, not that anyone really wants to look.
on March 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 am
Yeap, George Bush passport file was breached by Saddam Hussein. So Bush had him killed for breaching his file. “You mess with my file, now you die Vermont.”
Hey we are lucky Bush is going back to his ranch, if not, he would have went for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for stealing his prime beef!
on March 22nd, 2008 at 6:17 pm
That’s to funny. I’m not sure what kind of info they would get. If they pulled mine they’d see I’ve been to France, that’s about it. I guess it has secure info in it, but I’m not sure what a person could do to harm a presidential race with it.
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on March 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Igor: I’m not touching that one (at least for now)
Mommie: Same here. I think the breaches were more about curiosity than political motivation.
on March 22nd, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Joe, America is best! Check it out.
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on March 24th, 2008 at 4:37 am
You made a nice blog! I just passed here and notice your Entrecard. Good idea!
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on March 25th, 2008 at 1:48 am
You should have said it like it was real and Dugg the heck out of it. You would have made front page for sure.
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