State Department Acknowledges Presidential Candidates' Passport Files Breached (1/3)

The State Department first announced that the passport file of Senator Barack Obama had been breached three times since January this year. The department says two contract workers were dismissed in connection with those incidents and a third was reprimanded.

A department spokesman later acknowledged that Senator Hillary Clinton's passport file had also been breached last year.

Campaigning in Oregon, Obama told reporters he expects a full and thorough congressional investigation.

"One of the things that the American people count on in their interactions with any level of government is that if they have to disclose personal information, then it is going to stay personal and stay private."

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack also said that one of the contract workers who had accessed Senator Obama's file had also improperly breached the file of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain.

McCain was traveling in France and said the breach incidents require an apology and a full investigation.

"The United States of America values everyone's privacy and corrective action should be taken."
Spokesman McCormack said the State Department's office of inspector general is already investigating the incidents and whether they were politically motivated.

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美国国务院首次公布，自今年1月来，参议员巴拉克•奥巴马的护照档案已被偷看三次。国务院说，两名和这些事件相关的合同工已被解雇，另一位员工正在处理中。

国务院发言人随后也承认，去年，参议员希拉里•克林顿的护照档案也被偷看过。

在俄勒冈州的竞选活动中，奥巴马告诉记者他希望国会进行一次全面而详细的调查。

“美国公民与美国各级政府之间互动所依赖的一件事就是，如果他们必须透露个人信息，那么，这些信息仍然应该是个人隐私。”

国务院发言人肖恩•麦考马克还说到，一位偷看参议员巴拉克档案的合同工也通过不正当的手段获取了既定共和党总统提名人参议员约翰•麦凯恩的档案。

麦凯恩当时正在法国旅行，他说偷看事件需要道歉和全面的调查。

“美国重视每个人的隐私，需要采取正确的行动（处理此事）。” 发言人麦考马克说国务院检查处已经开始调查此事，并确定其中是否存在政治动因。

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