WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. State Department contract employees improperly accessed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's passport records, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
"There is no indication that there was any political motivation. It (appears to have been) prurient interest," said a State Department official who asked not to be identified. The official said two had been fired and the third disciplined.
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