From pastor to passport in seconds

Obama's passport info leaked.

Two State Department employees were fired recently and a third disciplined for improperly accessing electronic personal data on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Bush administration officials said yesterday.

The officials, all contract workers, used their authorized computer network access to look up files within the department's consular affairs section, which processes and stores passport information, and read Mr. Obama's passport application and other records, in violation of department privacy rules, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

First it's ties to a corrupt contributor. Then it's a racist minister. Now it's knowing that he vacationed in the Bahama's 4 years ago and was marginally more handsome when his passport photo was taken. Tell me, Washington Times, what's the big deal?

Government records of political candidates are tightly restricted because of concerns they could be used against candidates or the data could be altered as part of campaign dirty tricks

Oh Jesus, the Republicans are going to change his name to McLovin, aren't they?

Passport application data includes such details as date and place of birth, e-mail address, mailing address, Social Security number, former names and travel plans. Mr. Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961 to a Kenyan father and American mother. He lived in Jakarta, Indonesia, from age six to 10.

I'm going to give you a second to take that last paragraph in. After the article describes how leaked personal information regarding a presidential candidate isn't good, they follow it up with a two sentence biography containing four factoids of personal information regarding a presidential candidate. Brilliant.