Hacker Leaks Michelle Obama's Passport (nypost.com) 122
The hacker who leaked Colin Powell's private email account last week has struck again. This time they have hacked a low-level White House staffer and released a picture of Michelle Obama's passport, along with detailed schedules for top U.S. officials and private email messages. New York Post reports: The information has been posted online by the group DC Leaks. The White House staffer -- who also apparently does advance work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign -- is named Ian Mellul. The released documents include a PowerPoint outline of Vice President Joe Biden's recent Cleveland trip, showing his planned route, where he'll meet with individuals and other sensitive information, according to the Daily Mail. In an email to The Post, the hacker writes, "The leaked files show the security level of our government. If terrorists hack emails of White House Office staff and get such sensitive information we will see the fall of our country." The hacker adds, "We hope you will tell the people about this criminal negligence of White House Office staffers."
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FSFS...
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson [Obama] was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, ...
Totally. (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, I totally believe you're an American. Totally. Look, this is my not-being-sarcastic face.
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What evidence do you have of the contrary?
Simple: risk vs reward. Why release such trivial and mundane information unless you're basically immune to repercussions?
Re:Totally. (Score:5, Informative)
Ego and bragging rights? Everyone knows the leet haxxors get all the babes...
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The fact that he thinks making it slightly easier to assassinate Joe Biden will bring down the country.
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Nyalarthotep?
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Always be praised.
credit from the true evil: Capital One? (Score:3)
> They get credit from the true evil in this world
They a Capital One card?
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I assumed they must be Chinese. Who else could claim ownership of the US "our country"?
Wait, so you don't consider it to be your country? Maybe that is why your country is so screwed up if you do not think of yourself as having "ownership" of it. You think the problems are for someone else to solve.
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Who else could claim ownership of the US "our country"?
Mexico. Next question?
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So it would be fair and square to invade the US now, exterminate 90% of the population and enslave the rest?
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Yeah, I totally believe you're an American. Totally. Look, this is my not-being-sarcastic face.
Regardless, our national security is built on the stronger foundation of common purpose of Liberty and democracy and not merely the ability of our government officials to keep secrets from us and our enemies.
Sure there are some things that should be secret to keep people safer and which allows our government and military to operate without adversaries knowing their every move. But our national security must be stronger than secrets.
Re:Totally. (Score:5, Interesting)
Well considering that only Americans could be dumb enough to think this kind of low level data is "such sensitive information"
Apparently, you don't understand anything about the physical security of dignitaries and top officials.
Travel plans, routes, and details about the stops of heads of state are always considered highly sensitive security information. This country is full of extremely stupid, gullible, and ridiculously-overarmed people, and a small subset of whom probably thinks it would be a good thing to bring harm to the First Lady. The Secret Service plans the routes, the stops, provides decoy vehicles, and secures each of those locations to an incredible degree; but no amount of effort can secure every location against a patient, well-camouflaged, entrenched sniper. Uncertainty in the travel routes is one of the best ways to keep the lone wolves from being able to plant themselves along the route.
So yes, it is highly sensitive information.
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The Secret Service plans the routes, the stops, provides decoy vehicles, and secures each of those locations to an incredible degree [...]
At least for the transportation component, why do they do static routes? Why not do like the British do and have it completely dynamic and basically made up as you go along:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmZ7hhREZhI
Have a few decoys, but it seems much more elegant than fencing off large parts of city streets.
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In short it's a trade off between your resources and the supposed resources of the attacker. Even though SO14 escorts "heads of state" they don't escort the US first lady, etc. they bring their own apparatus.
So, since SO14/Britain couldn't do what the US does, because it would be too disruptive and cost too much given the level of threat and resources, the US secret service can. They have both a higher threat to deal with, and the resource to do so.
It's the same as in the military. If you just want to know
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Well considering that only Americans could be dumb enough to think this kind of low level data is "such sensitive information"
Apparently, you don't understand anything about the physical security of dignitaries and top officials.
Travel plans, routes, and details about the stops of heads of state are always considered highly sensitive security information.
I'm sure it's considered highly sensitive by the people whose job it is to make sure as many things fall under their scope of work as possible, but is it really? I mean this has now been leaked and what is the impact? No injuries or deaths, nothing. Maybe we shouldn't just believe these things are special because the people who are paid to look after special things say they are.
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And I'm equally sure that you're quite possibly a complete moron and that you're very definitely someone who's never, ever had to deal with actual security issues for important visitors of any sort, much less for heads of state and their families.
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And I'm equally sure that you're quite possibly a complete moron and that you're very definitely someone who's never, ever had to deal with actual security issues for important visitors of any sort, much less for heads of state and their families.
Oh dear, you couldn't fallen into that any deeper. I have Govt Security Clearance and actually worked on some security related things for the G20 involving exactly that.
But keep believing whatever it is makes you feel better about your beliefs...
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his country is full of extremely stupid, gullible, and ridiculously-overarmed people, and a small subset of whom probably thinks it would be a good thing to bring harm to the First Lady.
Meanwhile, Jefferson often complained about the never-ending parade of people who walked into his office at all hours of the day to complain.
But he didn't have a Department of Education. Or bombing campaigns in sixteen countries (the Barbary Pirates not withstanding).
Expry date (Score:1)
Only 5 years? No middle name? Seems suspicious.
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That is a type P passport, not a diplomatic or official passport. It is probably a fake.
Re:Expry date (Score:4, Informative)
Ex passport service employee here: Type P=Passport, ID=Identity Document, LP=UN laissez-passer, PT=Travel document (issued under United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 and its Protocol of 1967)
It's normal for all passports (including service/special and diplo) to bear the TYPE=P, since well, it's a passport!
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Only 5 years? No middle name? Seems suspicious.
I don't have a middle name. What's suspicious about that?
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Nope (Score:1)
It is Al CIA Qaeda.
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I don't have a middle name. What's suspicious about that?
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama does have a middle name. That's why it's suspicious.
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I don't have a middle name. What's suspicious about that?
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama does have a middle name. That's why it's suspicious.
Fair enough.
In the end (Score:2)
I suppose all of these stupid hacks make us all more security conscious. That's good.... right?
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You're assuming the learning curve is positive ...
Terrorists win (Score:2)
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Sony has been embarrassed several times, so have those other organizations. There's no evidence they've fixed anything in response, because nothing really happens to them. Only thing that's changed recently is that they've taken a page right out of HBO's comedy VEEP and now blame every one of their fuck ups on the Chinese/Russian/North Korean governments.
Smile? (Score:1)
Hold on, why is she allowed to smile on her passport? This is bullshit
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The niggers were not looting with GB was president.
I'd like to introduce you to Rodney King. He lived in a place called Los Angeles at the time GB was president.
Oh, what's that? You're so young that you didn't know that there have been two presidents named GB?
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All of these lootings and BLM assclowns wouldn't be doing this if a white Republican were in office. Were I in charge, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. OUt come the snarling 120 lb German Shepherds. Let's see how quickly these dumb niggers learn not to loot.
Some riots during the GWB presidency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_States#2000s
Cincinnati riots of 2001
Benton Harbor riots (see 2003)
Miami FTAA Protests
2004 American League Championship Series (wow sports riots!)
Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
2005 Toledo riot (Neo-Nazi's!)
San Bernardino punk riot (more Neo-Nazis!)
2007 MacArthur Park rallies (Go police riot!)
Huzzah, I guess you aren't on top of affairs, Bull Connor
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All of these lootings and BLM assclowns wouldn't be doing this if a white Republican were in office. Were I in charge, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. OUt come the snarling 120 lb German Shepherds. Let's see how quickly these dumb niggers learn not to loot.
Some riots during the GWB presidency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_States#2000s
Cincinnati riots of 2001
Benton Harbor riots (see 2003)
Miami FTAA Protests
2004 American League Championship Series (wow sports riots!)
Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
2005 Toledo riot (Neo-Nazi's!)
San Bernardino punk riot (more Neo-Nazis!)
2007 MacArthur Park rallies (Go police riot!)
Huzzah, I guess you aren't on top of affairs, Bull Connor Jr.
Yeah, but at least while Bush was President we didn't have any damn terrorists.
Aside from 9/11. Or the smaller follow up. LAX shootup too. Which is why we need to focus on them A-rabs and profile more. Profiling has never failed to turn up a bad A-rab and they are aLWAYS the bad guys.
Except for the anthrax letters, or the first couple 'pox issues too. Oh, and that sniper, he turned out to be black. And not alone. But otherwise, ITS ALWAYS LONE WOLF ARABS and totally Obummer's fault!
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We are really sorry for your virility issues.
What if the hackers are just pissed off BernieBros (Score:1, Insightful)
The one thing the dox's have in common is that they show the Democratic party trying to have a democracy/debate-free transition of power from Obama to Clinton. And this dual-employed "staffer" would seem to fit the profile.
The group most pissed about the attempted coronation has been Bernie supporters, i.e., anyone leaning left and under 45. That also happens to be m
Re:What if the hackers are just pissed off BernieB (Score:4)
I like the way you make points. You just say stuff, and it sounds right to you, so it must be a good theory. Because you're smart, and you see the world the way it is.
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Sorry, it was the White House that made Cheddar Mussolini the Republican nominee?
Re:What if the hackers are just pissed off BernieB (Score:4, Insightful)
Well, you probably live in an old-school Republic precinct. The kind of town where folks at they Y thoughtfully leave their back issues of Rich Protestant Golfer magazine behind so others will have something to read on the treadmill. The kind of place where you serve your guests drinks in the living room, not on the kitchen table. Good people, but sometimes a little obtuse about how the other 80% live.
Trump locked down the non-traditionals, and the rest of the Republicans were splitting the traditional R vote a dozen ways. Add to that primary rules that were written to favor early front runners. Those rules worked like a charm: instead of the agony of prolonged uncertainty the party suffered the agony of premature certainty.
Wow (Score:2, Offtopic)
You start okay, because yeah many of us are fed up with a political class running ram-shod over the rest of us so that they can work toward their global domination agenda. Obama's UN speech made it clear that he does not care as much about sovereignty as he does about that agenda. The "We" in his speech that need to make sacrifices to support that end do not include him and the political class who has been wiping their ass with the US Constitution for decades. You in Europe are not much better off, but i
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If we're going to just make shit up with no evidence, why not say it was aliens?
Maybe Russian, maybe Bernie. Let's say communists (Score:2)
Maybe it was Russians, maybe it was Bernians. Since we don't know which, let's use a term which includes both - communists.
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With experts pushing Russia, China in the press, contractors can request huge new software support rentals and hardware investments, bid for ongoing gov staff training.
Then upgrades and a new generation of security related software and hardware will keep that ubiquitous Skilled Bear v 3.0 out of any gov network.
Academic grants to study other nations educational structures, write reports on th
well timed 'hacks'... (Score:1)
NY Post (Score:2)
It's not real.
reuse old computers? (Score:2)
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Oh, they were hacked. It's just that the hackers didn't get EBCDIC and kept trying to 'unencrypt' the files they got into ASCII.
But not Trump's Taxes? (Score:4, Funny)
How is it that we can have everything on the Democrats hacked, *everything*, but not one little thing comes out from the RNC? I find that highly suspicious.
Perhaps the RNC is paying someone or is colluding with the Soviets to hack the election.
If only Anonymous could obtain Trump's taxes to even the score a bit...
Maybe Trump didn't choose the lowest bidder for IT (Score:2)
Maybe Trump's company didn't use the lowest bidder on all of their IT projects.
Yeah, the only one who polled losing to Clinton (Score:2)
True. When there were four or five candidates vying for the Republican nomination, all beat Clinton in head-to-head polling, except Trump. The primary voters chose the candidate who may be worse than Clinton.
I sure would like to see a good president again. I don't even care too much whether it's a good Democrat or a good Republican. Kennedy or Reagan, either would be a huge improvement over this year's choices and the last few presidents. For younger people, the best president of their lifetime is a guy
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If they aren't embarrassed by the things Trump says and does, and by the fact that they had no-one, not one person, in the ranks of the party that they thought was better qualified to lead the party and the country then Donald Trump, they surely wouldn't be embarrassed by the release of schedules or private emails.
How can the private things be MORE embarrassing then the dirty laundry of Donald's mouth? That just boggles the mind.
Every few days we hear of another republican diso
It's a FAKE! (Score:2)
SORRY but this is a FAKE! Look at the issue and expiration dates.... It shows it's only good for 5 years. REAL U.S. Adult passports are good for 10 years!
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Does that apply to special issuance passports for official state department travel/business or other "special" passports?
Obama was elected in 2008 so the family getting official business passports in December 2008 isn't far fetched. Add 5 years puts it in 2013 when it gets reissued. Not saying that is what happened, but it'd be plausible.
Don't forget the FBI's "intelligent conversation" (Score:1)
Look at that smile (Score:1)
That is a nice smile. She must have some special privileges to be able to smile on passport photo. Unlike us mere mortals that are forever grumpy looking on our photos.
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Information wants to be free (Score:2)
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Our role as readers is to learn what is noise and ignore it.
Wait... (Score:2)
I had to resubmit my passport application once because the photo provided apparently involved a smirk. Really not kidding.
Maybe they should stop using email (Score:1)
How come SHE got to smile? (Score:1)
When we got ours smiles were forbidden.