Verizon workers put on leave after unauthorized look at Obama's cell phone records

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http://www.newsday.com/business/sns-ap-obama-cell-phone,0,6748102.story?track=rss

Verizon employees snuck a peek at President-elect Barack Obama's old cell phone records and will be reprimanded accordingly, the company said late Thursday.

Obama aides said no voicemails or e-mails were accessed.

In a statement, Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam apologized to Obama and disclosed the breach, saying: "a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-elect Barack Obama's personal cell phone account."

He said the account has been inactive for several months and Obama had been using a simple voice flip-phone without email capabilities.

[Horse with no Name]

1. Fire them and prosecute them

to the fullest extent of the law under the Patriot Act.
My guess is that they were paid by some republican benefactor for the info.

[On the Road]

2. I Work With Landline Phone Data

and these things are taken very seriously. Surprised no one was fired.