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zbdent

(35,392 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 09:03 PM Sep 2013

Report pins ICE employee for leak of Obama aunt's immigration status

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) – Shortly before the 2008 presidential election, the illegal immigration status of then-candidate Barack Obama's aunt was leaked to an Associated Press reporter. The leaker of that information did not go unidentified, a newly released investigative report shows.

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The report gives no indication of any disciplinary measures conducted as a result.



Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/05/report-pins-ice-employee-for-leak-of-obama-aunts-immigration-status/?hpt=hp_t2



Now wait ... someone looks up "Joe the Plumber's" child support info (after his claim that he makes $240K profit in a plumbing business) and gets fired ...

but some employee gives a reporter information about a Democratic Presidential candidate's family, and ... no action???

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Report pins ICE employee for leak of Obama aunt's immigration status (Original Post) zbdent Sep 2013 OP
This surprises you? Boomerproud Sep 2013 #1
So there's a 'whistle blower' that isn't being prosecuted?... n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #2

Boomerproud

(7,952 posts)
1. This surprises you?
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 09:10 PM
Sep 2013

What about the shenanigans between the Bush State Dept. and the Brit Conservative Party in 1992 (or '96) regarding Bill Clinton's passport file? Nothing was done about that either.

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