Corrina_Sullivan's Blog

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed, and urges new steps to secure the files.

A report from the department's inspector general to be released Thursday said that a survey of the records of 150 notable politicians, athletes and entertainers found that 127 of them had been accessed, some of them multiple times.

The report did not say whether they had been viewed for legitimate reasons, but noted that the number seems high.

 "Although an 85 percent hit rate appears to be excessive, the department currently lacks criteria to determine whether this is actually an inordinately high rate," it said.

Nonetheless, the report said investigators found numerous problems in the system that is supposed to protect the confidentiality of passport records and called for 22 specific actions to improve it.

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Corrina