WASHINGTON, July 4 (UPI) -- Nosy government workers repeatedly viewed high profile but private passport records at the U.S. State Department without authorization, a federal report said. The report by the State Department's inspector general documented a lack of controls on the personal data of the 127 million Americans with passports, finding numerous "weaknesses, including a general lack of policies, procedures, guidance and training," The Washington Post reported Friday. The State Department initiated the audit after it was revealed three of the department's contract workers accessed private passport files of Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and John McCain, R-Ariz., and a trainee examined the file of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. The audit indicated some workers were simply fascinated with the private lives of entertainers,...
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