WHAT IS IT WITH THESE DEMOCRATS? – AT 8:56 A.M. ET:  They have such trouble with modern technology.  From the Boston Globe:

The Democratic National Committee has told the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont that it was suspending its access to its voter database after a software error enabled at least one of his staff members to review Hillary Clinton’s private campaign data.

The decision by the party committee is a major blow to Sanders’ campaign. The database includes information from voters across the nation and is used by campaigns to set strategy, especially in the early voting states.

The breach occurred after a software problem at the technology company NGP VAN, which gives campaigns access to the voter data. The problem inadvertently made proprietary voter data of Clinton’s campaign visible to others, according to party committee officials.

The Sanders campaign said that it had fired a staff member who breached Clinton’s data. But according to three people with direct knowledge of the breach, there were four user accounts associated with the Sanders campaign that ran searches while the security of Clinton’s data was compromised.

The Washington Post first reported the issue.

The suspension comes as Sanders prepares to face Clinton at the Democratic debate Saturday and as he received the endorsement of a major union, the Communications Workers of America, and a liberal group Thursday.

The Democratic committee blamed NGP VAN for the software glitch.

“This was an isolated incident, and we’re conducting a full audit to ensure the integrity of the system and reporting the findings to the DNC,” Stu Trevelyan, NGP VAN’s chief executive, said.

COMMENT:  Rather harsh punishment for Bernie.  It pretty much tells you who's running the Democratic National Committee.  It's a Hillary world. 

So one of Bernie's staffers breached the database and Bernie pays the price.  Hillary misused her e-mail system for several years, had a private server, and she gets to be the presidential nominee.  Class, what are the moral lessons here?

December 18,  2015