A Clinton connection to PassportGate, apart from Hillary's file being "looked at?"

[Barrymores Ghost]

Am I the only one here whose interest is piqued by the fact that the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs during the passport file break-in (you know -- the administrator in charge of the federal office that handles PASSPORTS) is one Maura Harty, who resigned her post on February 29, three weeks before the break-ins were announced, and who also just happened to have served a stint as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay under the Clinton Administration.

During her tenure as Assistant Secretary, Harty oversaw the introduction of new security regulations in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks, and served as primary liaison within the Department of State to the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Patrol and Citizenship and Immigration Services on security and visa issues.

Mere coincidence? Possibly. Does her past role in Bill Clinton's administration mean that she had anything to do with the delay in the report of the break-in up the food chain? Not necessarily.

But I find it inescapably curious that, for every "bad" revelation that hits the MSM about Barack Obama, there is a Clinton Camp connection, and usually no more than one degree of separation.

Certainly mere coincidence, just like I said.

[Adelante]

1. I think it's worth watching

But understand Maura Harty was a career foreign service officer who worked under every administration since Reagan. I think it could be a coincidence.

[Barrymores Ghost]

7. And it's entirely possible that there was a very good reason...

...why Clinton supporters, like Steve Clemons at the Washington Note, were obsessing over Obama's disclosure of foreign travel late last year and early this year.

[DURHAM D]

2. Oh look the Rip van Winkle of Obama supporters.

Get some coffee first.

[Barrymores Ghost]

4. Wow, so much bitterness. Hope you have a nice day, just the same.

:eyes:

[joeybee12]

3. What I find inescapably curious is the way you people find "connections"

where none exist...it really goes beyond sanity.

[Barrymores Ghost]

5. Can't deny the connection exists. Is it relevant? We'll see.

You have a nice night, now.

[Yossariant]

6. Crazy Obama amd his crazy toons.

:crazy:

Everybody knows it's just another racist plot against poor Obama.

:crazy:

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[KAZ]

9. Who said anything about race? Oh, right. You.

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[Lena inRI]

11. You hit a nerve, Barrymores Ghost. . .

.. . .funny how your reaction that this latest corruption stinks of HRClinton campaign because I reacted likewise. . .as in any crime investigation, ESTABLISHING MOTIVE is the key to getting through the maze of factual evidence or "connecting the dots". . .now, who in this "silly season" would have the most EXPEDIENT MOTIVE to dig up passport info to use/distort against Obama? McCain. . .GWBush. . .or HRClinton?

If I were the investigator on this case, follow all 3 possibilities but I sure would start with the person who has urgency in their motives to destroy Obama as a viable candidate. .

Jeesh. . . I suddenly sound like that old TV character,private eye/ detective Colombo played by Peter Falk. . .he always started with motive, then relentlessly pursued that person based on his deductive reasoning. . .great series. . .course I bet you're too young to have seen Colombo. . .LOL I'm really dating myself here!

Oh well, anyway, kudos to you for being an inquiring mind. . .you're not afraid of getting all the flak for questioning the Hillary campaign.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[Barrymores Ghost]

12. I actually do a pretty decent Peter-Falk-as-"Columbo" impression.

There's mention now on Huffington Post, too. Guess I'm not the only one trying to connect the dots. If it's not Hillary's campaign, then it is certainly the Repugs who want her to beat Obama, so they'll have an easier mark to hit in the GP.

But, hey, I'm just completely-fucking-insane, as some of the revered and wizened sages here will protest.

[southern_belle]

13. No, you are not the only one here interested in

hearing more about this. :hi:

[maddiejoan]

14. I heard

Kevin Bacon is also connected to this.

[Barrymores Ghost]

15. While I appreciate your Hillary-ous attempt at irony, see for yourself...

Oprah Winfrey endorses Barack Obama. Oprah did voice-overs in Bee Movie with John Goodman who was in Death Sentence with Kevin Bacon.

A Bacon number of 3.

;)

[Barrymores Ghost]

16. BTW, I loved Amelie. n/t

[gulliver]

17. Passport Contractor exec is Obama Advisor...

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

Note: I don't believe in this paranoia, but for those who do, the above is some more fodder. I would rather just assume it is nothing until there is some kind of actual evidence of political dirty tricks.

[FrenchieCat]

19. I agree with you. Without much information, speculation distract

and keeps us fighting with one another about something we know not enough about.

There may be something there about either of the 3 camps or the Bush admin, but sorting it out without real facts is counter productive.

[Barrymores Ghost]

20. As an Obama supporter, I will admit this is of additional intrigue...

..and I await new revelations. I am an equal-opportunity inquisitive American. If I feel like I am being played, by anyone, I want to know by whom.

[Life Long Dem]

18. Anybody hear from Hillary?

We heard from everyone else.

She didn't flee the country did she?

:rofl: :rofl: