"The State Department said the official, Steven Berry, had shown "serious lapses in judgment."
After a three-year, $2.2 million probe, a federal independent counsel exonerated officials in the incident, saying that while some of the actions investigated were "stupid, dumb and partisan," they were not criminal. The independent counsel also said that Berry and others who were disciplined for their involvement were treated unfairly".
Passport firms' CEOs donated to Lieberman, Clinton and Obama -David Edwards and Mike Sheehan Published: Friday March 21, 2008
Contracting firms identified as Stanley, Inc. and The Analysis Corp., both of Virginia