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The State Department first announced that the passport file of Senator Barack Obama had been breached 3 times since January of this year. The department says two contract workers were dimissed in connection with those incidents and a third was reprimanded.

美国国务院首次公布：自今年1月份以来，参议员Barack Obama的护照档案已被偷看三次。国务院表示，两名与该事件相关的合同工已被解雇，另一个也受到了严厉指责。

A department spokesman later acknowledged that Senator Hillary Clinton's passport file had also been breached last year.

国务院发言人随后也承认，参议员Hillary Clinton的护照档案在去年也被偷看过。

Campaigning in (Oregon), Obana told reporters he expects a full and (thorough) congressional investigation.

正在俄勒冈州参加竞选活动的Obana对记者表示，他希望国会进行一次全面而彻底的调查。

"One of the things that the American people count on in their interactions with any level of government is that (if they have to) disclose personal information, (then it is going to) stay personal and stay private."

“美国人民与美国各级政府之间的互动中可以依赖的事之一是，如果他们必须公开个人信息时，这些信息应该保持其私密性。”

State Department spokesman (Sean McCormack) also said that one of the contract workers who had accessed Senator Obama's file had also improperly breached the file of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain.

国务院发言人Sean McCormack也表示，其中一位可以接触到参议员Obama资料的合同工还不正当地偷看了既定共和党总统提名人参议员John McCain的档案。

McCain was traveling in France and said the breach incidents require an apology and a full investigation.

当时，McCain正在法国旅行，他指出，偷看事件需要道歉和全面的调查。

"The United States of America values everyone's privacy and corrective action should be taken." Spokesman (McCormack) said the State Department's office of inspector general is already investigating the incidents and whether they were politically motivated.

“美国重视每一个人的隐私，必须采取纠正行动。”发言人McCormack称国务院监察长办公室已开始调查此事，并要确定是否存有政治动机。

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