Brennan tied to Obama

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/22/passport.files/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CEO of a company whose employee is accused of improperly looking at the passport files of presidential candidates is a consultant to the Barack Obama campaign, a source said Saturday.

John O. Brennan, president and CEO of the Analysis Corp., advises the Illinois Democrat on foreign policy and intelligence issues, the source said.
Brennan briefed the media on behalf of the campaign this month.
The executive is a former senior CIA official and former interim director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
He contributed $2,300 to the Obama campaign in January.
When asked about the contribution, a State Department official told CNN's Zain Verjee, "We ethically awarded contracts. Political affiliation is not one of the factors that we check."
On Friday, the department revealed that Obama's passport file was improperly accessed three times this year, and the security of passport files of the two other major presidential candidates -- Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain -- had also been breached. Watch the secretary of state apologize for the breach »
Three contract emplyees are accused in the wrongdoing, including the one who works for Analysis Corp. and who was disciplined. That contract employee accessed McCain's file in addition to Obama's. None of the contract employees was identified. Learn more about the companies involved »
The other two contract employees worked for Stanley Inc. They were fired.
The Washington Times, which broke the story Thursday night that Obama's records had been improperly accessed, reported Saturday that the State Department inquiry is focusing on the Analysis Corp. employee. Also, the investigation by the department's inspector general will include polygraph tests for supervisors in the passport section to find out whether there was any political motive.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/23/obama-adviser-linked-to-contracting-firm-that-breached-passport-files/

The State Department contractor who accessed Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) passport information on March 14 worked for a company run by a man who is “a consultant” for Obama’s campaign. John Brennan, a former senior CIA official and the CEO of the Analysis Corp., “advises the Illinois Democrat on foreign policy and intelligence issues.” The State Department probe into the passport breach is focusing on the contractor who worked for Brennan’s company.
thinkprogress comment section:
what I wanted to say about this asha&dailykos crap show despite posting 3 answers for 1 stupid link: how in the world u gonna test (!) your abilities for hacking (!) working for some federal related agency/company (!) on the file of John McCain or Obama or Hillary? So this was just a test run? what do these guy do when they are serious?

In contrast, an employee of Analysis corp. breached Clinton's file ONCE, evidently during a training session.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/22/23527/4628/612/482465