Federal workers view celebrity passport files

July 04, 2008 Federal government workers' interest in stargazing extends to celebrities' passports as the State Department's inspector general found that famous people's passport records were among those that were repeatedly viewed by officials. In a highly censored report issued late Friday the inspector general hinted that some workers were motivated more by a fascination with the private lives of celebrities than national security interests. Investigators found that 20,500 government workers and contractors had access to the electronic system that maintained the records.

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