Official takes blame for passport mess
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The current passport mess is rare among government foul-ups: A top federal official has publicly taken the blame and expressed regret.
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Serious doubts are raised on the accuracy of a new identity system being introduced on all new UK passports next year.
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Interpol's chief tells of his "surprise" at shortcomings in the way his passport was checked on arrival in the UK.
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Â· CPA was dysfunctional, says British official  Â· UK 'complicit' in failing to prepare postwar plan
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Home secretary's gaffe triggers row over the government's crime record
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The DHS chief reveals how he'll turn state driver's licenses into internal passports. By Ryan Singel.
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Europe's top data protection official criticized plans for air passenger records like those gathered by U.S. authorities.
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In his first formal interview since the Boxing Day disaster, David Fall said that plans drawn up by embassies for dealing with such emergencies would now have to be revised.
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Russia's foreign ministry on Friday said Britain was to blame for a diplomatic crisis over the closure of two British cultural centres and had tried to "twist the facts."
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An election expert writes a letter to clarify his findings on who was to blame for the Scottish election fiasco.
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A spokesman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign yesterday blamed a faulty background check for the campaign's failure to raise any questions about Norman Hsu, a previously unknown businessman who suddenly became one of its biggest fundraisers.
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Guardian investigation: The head of the SFO today took responsibility for the decision to withhold information from the OECD.
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A bureaucratic bungle was to blame for immigration officials' refusal to allow a leading Hong Kong democrat to enter China at the weekend, a senior Chinese envoy said in press reports.
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Investigators said Friday that Gen. Augusto Pinochet had several phony passports, the latest allegation facing the embattled former dictator who's facing trial on kidnapping and homicide charges.
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Britain's top transport official said Monday that a disk drive containing personal information on three million driving test candidates has been lost in the United States  -  the latest in a series of government blunders over data
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The Home Office suffered a "collective failure" over the records of Britons convicted abroad, a report says.
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A database mixup held Kennedy at airline gates three times. He had to contact a Homeland Security undersecretary to clear it up. By Associated Press.