Breaking News from Keith Olbermann's Countdown on MSNBC News:
State Dept. employees had breached security information on Sen. Barack Obama's passport file. (Note: Howard Fineman reminded viewers that the administration of former President George H.W. Bush did the same thing to then presidential candidate, Bill Clinton.) Two contract employees were fired, another was disciplined. The security breach happened in January 2008 but Obama's office in Chicago was just notified.
There are lots of questions:
Who told them to do this?
What did they do with the information? Did they give it to someone?
What did Sec. of State Rice know and when did she know it?
When was the White House informed?
Was this done to be used as a dirty trick by the Republicans against Barack Obama?
Why wasn't Sen. Obama notified until now?
I'm sure that they'll be more news on this later.
