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Verizon Employees Take a Peek

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Verizon Wireless says several employees accessed the records of one of President-elect Barack Obama's cell phone accounts--albeit an old one that Obama no longer uses, an aide to Obama told Reuters.

The company has put the employees on leave (with pay) and promises disciplinary action against anyone who peeked at the account improperly.

Curiosity can indeed be a fireable offense. Several employees at St. Vincent Health System in Arkansas were fired recently for looking at slain TV anchor Anne Pressly's medical records.

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Uuuuhhhh! Hi tech stuff probably. Good company Verizon absolutly. Some misunderstanding somewhere at some point apparently. Good situation for 'Internal Affairs- office I'll bet. Keep your Cool and not rush into nothing yet you have the technology. Everything may be fix it when broken or no fix it if no broken yet. Keep it running!

mike carattini of CT 11:01PM November 24, 2008

As was expected, they got fired today. We can expect the same thing to happen to bank employees, investment professionals, legal assistants who pull the same 'I am curious' exercise. Glad to see Verizon taking this seriously.

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Marsha Keeffer of CA 8:50PM November 21, 2008

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