DOJ rehires attorney fired for allegedly being a lesbian
By SilentPatriot Wednesday Feb 04, 2009 6:30pm
Yet another Bush-era reversal we can all be proud of. Something tells me Monica Goodling's fingerprints are all over this one.
NPR:
On Monday, the Justice Department undid a small part of the damage that top officials caused in a scandal of politicized hiring and firing during the Bush administration. The department rehired an attorney who was improperly removed from her job because she was rumored to be a lesbian.
NPR first broke the story of Leslie Hagen's dismissal last April, and the Justice Department's inspector general later corroborated the report. Now, Hagen has returned to her post at the department's Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys.
In 2006, Hagen was the liaison between the main Justice Department and the U.S. Attorneys' committee on Native American affairs. The chairman of that committee, Tom Heffelfinger, described Hagen to NPR last year as "the best qualified person in the nation to fill that job." Hagen's performance evaluations had the highest possible ratings — "outstanding" in each of five categories.
The job came up for renewal every year. After the first year, Hagen was surprised to hear that she would have to move on.
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....... but meaningless if Obama sells us out to the bankers.
Even NPR (you cannot spell Republican without NPR) reported that.
So your percipience is not so strong, of great one...
Goodling, a graduate of Liberty University Law School (Pat Robertson's degree mill for fanatical fascist fundies), and a 'good christian' tried to ruin the woman's life. For this, I hope she [Deleted. Don't wish that on this site-Sitemonitor], tries fertility pills, and has 12 snot-nosed sniveling brats to raise...
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this is another one for the SSS from the chickenshit Liberty(?) University Law(?) School full of the fucktards good so called christians. Mis Hagen should sue the shit out of that bitch.goodling should be striped of her right to practice any law. and I hope pat robertson ends up in prison and gets but raped over and over and over.
"Something tells me Monica Goodling's fingerprints are all over this one." "OUTSTANDING" :-p
monica goodling's a lez?
Sounds fishy 2 me...
... beyond the reach of the "law" (such as it is), or is her ass pretty well covered by the immunity she got for her (non-)testimony?
It is symbolic and might look nice, but its not enough to get very happy after 8 years of scorched earth. They've done far too much damage to people lives and careers to make amends anytime soon, and there is much work to be undone
would be to demand a letter of resignation from every employee in the organization. Then he should fire every hire since Jan. 22, 2001.
They're all guilty of suborning the mal- and misfeasances that went on under their supervision.
Far from complaining about being fired, they'd be glad they're not going to prison...
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Why would you want to be the liaison between the main Justice Department and the U.S. Attorneys' committee on Native American affairs? Is it the prestige?
Perhaps we should also consider the fact that she had outstanding job performance ratings.
That alone would have been enough to get her fired from the Bush administration.
this is good news. Now, how about David Iglesias, Carol Lam, Kevin Ryan, John McKay, Paul Charlton, Daniel Bogden, Margaret Chiara fired Dec. 7, 2006.
And Todd Graves and Bud Cummins fired also in 2006.
And Thomas DiBiagio and Kasey Warner fired in 2005.
Yeah, whatever happened to those others who were fired? They must have some legal recourse now.
I wonder what little Miss Monica is up to these days. She should be cooling her high heels in the Big House with some other bad-ass babes keeping her company.
Apparently it was Goodling, not Ashcroft, who ordered the drapes to cover up the partially nude statues in the Justice Department building (at a cost of $8,000).
Gee Monica, 'sexually repressed' much?
And don't forget Tom Heffelfinger, himself. Heffelfinger, Chiara, Bogden, Charton, Iglesias, McKay, Lam and Ryan all sat on the DOJ's Indian Affairs Committee. If this isn't in some way related to Jack Abramoff, I'll be surprised.
She probably didn't want the boss to take pictures and post them online.
I hope that lesbian protects this country from enemies both foreign and domestic.
And I hope more people start protecting this country from enemies both foreign and domestic too. That's you Journalists. If bad men are in a group and conspiring to do this country harm, I hope you don't shy away from covering it out of fear you'll be labeled a crazy thinker.
I just want to curl up on the couch with a case of bud and a king sized bag of nacho doritos and watch the trial by jury of each and every one of those treasonous bastards.
When is Pres. Obama going to create the new cabinet position "person in charge of reversing the last 8 years"? They could fund the stimulus package with the unpaid oil royalties and Halliburton overcharges in the last 8 years.
It's not good enough that chimpy and his gang of thugs are gone. I want my fucking justice. I want my fucking money back. When a murdering thieving rapist finally leaves your house, do you sit back and say "well at least that's over"? No, you pick up the phone and call the cops.
It's time to call the cops.
Hey, can you make room on the couch for me? I'll bring the guacamole.
As long as you bring more beer and are willing to dial 911.
I'll be watching too, but I buy my bud in bags not in cases.
I'll bring the home brew!
should be immediate grounds for dismissal from any government job. Is that even an accredited university?
...you left out the part where she's left with a mountain of legal bills pertaining to her lawsuit, which the DOJ refused to pay.
Classy.
She's a lesbian?! ewww. Gross.
That Gonzales guy who was hired for allegedly being an attorney.
This is a good start.
Now let's see Obama reinstate Brigadier General Rick Baccus and put him in charge of closing Guantanamo Bay and getting the US out of Iraq.
For those who forget or didn't know, Baccus was in charge of Guantanamo Bay from March 2002 until October when he was removed for "nonperformance". Baccus was telling the detainees their rights under the Geneva Convention, a no-no to the regime in power at the time.
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