Stars' passport files viewed repeatedly

State Department inspector general blasts passport files security 127 celebrity files repeatedly accessed, report found Records of presidential candidates improperly viewed earlier this year From Charley Keyes CNN State Department Producer WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department inspector general Thursday blasted the security of U.S. passport files, saying the repeated access of over 100 celebrities' files had gone undetected and unpunished. Harold Geisel, the department's acting inspector general, launched the investigation after the department admitted in March that the files of three presidential candidates -- Sens. Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama -- had been breached. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called them to apologize. On Thursday, in a heavily redacted report, the inspector general revealed that... [read full story]                    

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