Comments on: State Dept. fires 2, reprimands 1 for viewing Obama’s passport file http://weblog.sinteur.com/2008/03/state-dept-fires-2-reprimands-1-for-viewing-obamas-passport-file/ si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:28:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1 hourly 1 By: Maarten http://weblog.sinteur.com/2008/03/state-dept-fires-2-reprimands-1-for-viewing-obamas-passport-file/comment-page-1/#comment-24476 Maarten Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:28:40 +0000 http://weblog.sinteur.com/?p=22736#comment-24476 What information do you think they're recording? It doesn't say anything in the article beyond the fact that contract employees process passport applications, which would be forms containing fairly general information about the applicant. They have to get SOME information before they issue someone a passport. What information do you think they’re recording? It doesn’t say anything in the article beyond the fact that contract employees process passport applications, which would be forms containing fairly general information about the applicant. They have to get SOME information before they issue someone a passport.

]]> By: John http://weblog.sinteur.com/2008/03/state-dept-fires-2-reprimands-1-for-viewing-obamas-passport-file/comment-page-1/#comment-24472 John Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:34:28 +0000 http://weblog.sinteur.com/?p=22736#comment-24472 What I find disturbing here is the fact that they record so much information. What possible justification is there for recording all that information about anybody in a free country? And what are they doing with it (besides letting contract employees look up the movements of presidential candidates)? Wouldn't it also make sense, if you're going to flag a person as high profile and monitor access, to have instead a mechanism that locks access without more senior level authorisation? What I find disturbing here is the fact that they record so much information. What possible justification is there for recording all that information about anybody in a free country? And what are they doing with it (besides letting contract employees look up the movements of presidential candidates)?

Wouldn’t it also make sense, if you’re going to flag a person as high profile and monitor access, to have instead a mechanism that locks access without more senior level authorisation?

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