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Passport Leaks Traced to 2 Va. Companies

Posted Mar 21, 08 7:37 PM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – Federal contractors who breached Barack Obama and John McCain passport records worked at to two Virginia companies, MSNBC reports. US passport maker Stanley, Inc. said today that it promptly fired two workers for accessing Obama's records this year. But a worker for The Analysis Corporation is still employed after probing records of Obama and McCain last week, the State Department says.

"In each of these instances the employee was terminated the day the unauthorized search occurred," said a Stanley rep—who did give a reason for the breaches. The company printed millions of US passports in 2006 and just announced a new $570 million federal contract. The Analysis Corporation, staffed with ex-intelligence experts, is mum so far. The State Department said it will continue to probe the breaches.

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Sen. Barack Obama. The senator's passport records were breached, the State Department revealed today.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Stacks of passport books are seen at the New Orleans Passport Agency. Government subcontractors have been implicated in security breaches involving the three major presidential candidates.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Neressa Cornwall, a costumer service representative at CIBT, the largest passport expediting company in the country, checks passports that arrive at the company's office.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. The senator's passport records were breached, the State Department revealed today.   (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Senator John McCain. The senator's passport records were breached, the State Department revealed today.   (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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