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CNN) -- On three occasions since January, Sen. Barack Obama's passport file was looked at by three different contract workers, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.


Sen. Barack Obama's passport file was breached three times since January, the State Department said.

The contractors accessed information in the file in an unauthorized way, he said.

Two contractors were fired and one was disciplined by the contractor's company, McCormack said.

He said the contractors are not linked.

The State Department hires contractors to design, build and maintain their systems and help employees with searches. McCormack said two of the contractors in the Obama case were "low-level" personnel and the other was in a mid-level position with no management role

(CNN) -- Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic race for president Friday, an Obama campaign spokesperson told CNN.


Sen. Barack Obama will receive the endorsement of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Friday.
I thought Richardson would be on the ticket with Clinton as vice president that shows how mush I know!
Obama should not be surprised that the Republicans are looking for dirt on him for the coming election. I know the state department states that they were just looking because they had nothing better to do. yeah, sure.