Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Passport Search Probe Focuses on Phone Calls Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 08:11:37 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Passport Search Probe Focuses on Phone Calls Publication Date: Friday November 13, 1992 BYLINE: The FBI is investigating whether the State Department illegally monitored a department official's phone calls concerning searches of President-elect Bill Clinton's passport files, FBI sources confirmed Thursday. The sources confirmed that the investigation focused on the department's operations center and its monitoring of phone calls by former Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Tamposi. It was the latest development in the case that began in the last days of the 1992 presidential campaign when it was disclosed that officials had searched the passport files of Clinton, his mother and Ross Perot. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM