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Verizon fires workers over Obama cell phone records breach
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 24, 2008 - 8:33amLast updated: November 24, 2008 - 8:33am
Verizon Wireless has fired employees connected to a breach of records from a cell phone used by President-elect Barack Obama this year. Ari Schwartz of the Center for Democracy and Technology said the employees probably had access to the dates and times of calls, the length of calls and the telephone numbers of those Obama spoke with.
Ad wars: Obama buys more, Clinton sets tempo
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 29, 2008 - 7:44amWhen it comes to campaign commercials, Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) are going where no candidate has gone before. "Obama and Clinton have spent a combined $110 million on TV ads to this point; we've had a race that's literally gone on since last summer for ad spending," said Evan Tracey of TNS Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group, CNN's consultants on campaign commercials.
