U.S. State Dept. 'Replaces' Top Passport Official
Two weeks after it was revealed that State Department employees were found snooping on five different occasions in the passport files of all three Presidential candidates, a State Department official tells NBC that the top official for Passport Services is being replaced.More here.
The department intends to name a new acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services to replace Ann Barrett who will be stepping aside.
The official declined to offer an explanation as to why Barrett is being replaced, but the timing comes in the midst of a State Department Inspector General investigation into the passport breaches.
The individual set to take over as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary is Lawrence Baer. State Department phone records indicate Baer is currently in a management position in the Consular Affairs bureau.
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posted by Fergie @ 4/04/2008 09:54:00 PM
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