Fifth passport peeker charged

Published August 9, 2009 4:00am ET



A former State Department employee has become the fifth person charged witih illegally accessing the confidential passport information of elected officials and celebrities.

Karal Busch has been charged with the unauthorized access of passport files related to “various celebrities and their families, actors, professional athletes, musicians, models and other individuals identified in the press,” court documents filed in the District’s federal court said. No attorney information for Busch was listed in court records.

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