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Senate Judiciary Committee Held a Hearing on Passport Privacy

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a State Department Inspector General report that investigated the abuse of access, by employees and contractors, to passport records of US citizens. The publicly released report was heavily redacted. The Electronic Privacy Information Center is seeking release of the complete report.