Study Concludes Ideology Drove DoJ Hirings
By Susie Madrak Wednesday Jan 14, 2009 9:00amI'm actually a lot more interested in how the Obama administration plans to purge the DoJ ranks of those appointees who were hired based on this illegal criteria:
Ideological considerations permeated the hiring process at the Justice Department's civil rights division, where a politically appointed official sought to hire "real Americans" and Republicans for career posts and prominent case assignments, according to a long awaited report released this morning by the department's inspector general.
The extensive study of hiring practices between 2001 and 2007 concluded that a former department official improperly weeded out candidates based on their perceived ties to liberal organizations. Two other senior managers failed to oversee the process, authorities said.
The key official, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bradley Schlozman, favored employees who shared his political views and derided others as "libs" and "pinkos," the report said.
Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine and Office of Professional Responsibility chief H. Marshall Jarrett said they would refer their findings to legal disciplinary authorities.
"The Department must be vigilant to ensure that such egregious misconduct does not occur in the future," Fine said in a statement.
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So when are they gonna paddle that Moanica what's-her-tush in the woodhouse?
When hell freezes over.
It just about has.
I wouldn't know
I haven't been linged lately.
Obama really needs to go after these people. No excuses. Just as he needs to go after Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz on torture and war crimes.
Obama needs to get this Nation out of this Goddamn Depression, create millions of new jobs, revamp our healthcare system, end these mass murderous imperialistically unproductive and costly war travesties, etc.
He is not responsible for cleaning up every one of W's fuck ups.
so he cant chew gum and walk at the same time?
Obama's a smart guy. He can do more than two things at once.
Torture is illegal -- period, and the people who tried to turn this country into a banana republic must be held accountable.
im sure that getting these criminals off the streets are just as importent as creating jobs, and if obummers to busy to do it hiself he should appoint dennis kucinich to go after bush and cheny after all he is the only former democratic candidate with the balls to get the job done!
I does speak volumes that he is not part of this cabinet. Kucinich and Ron Paul, in my opinion, were the only two that did not speak in rhetoric and put principles ahead of getting elected.
If he gets out of the country, he's scott free.
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It appears that a functional democracy has developed in Paraguay as in other South American countries.
Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina are in the list.
Paraguay elected a leftist, so he is described, in April of '08.
Bush would not be wise to leave the country.
The Geneva Conventions might well be enforced.
Great idea Tyree! Kucinich is a true progressive with big cajones and, therefore, reviled by all other pollies. I would have liked to have seen him sitting in the WH. Oh well...
Yes, we hired the man. To Administrate the Nation, not be everybody's personal servant. I'm grateful that a bright, competent man with an original mind would even take on this shitty fucking task. Most like Obama would have said Hell no to this bullshit.
you seem to place a lot of store in education lefty , do you look down on your less educated juviniles who use axme
And I don't look down on anyone. That's why I can walk all over the westside of Chicago with no fear in my heart...I try to actually make a difference.
i ask a question and all you give is insults , ill ask it again, your telling us obummer cant do both go after bush and crate jobs?
"creating" jobs at Crate & Barrel?
placed this cheerleader on ignore yet tyree? It's quite obvious, Obama could take a giant crap on this poster's head, and like a true republican he'd say "please sir, may I have some more?"
yah hes a corker, obummers not to be questioned , or else you get snuffed!
I saw no insult, just rather self-aggrandizing.
I only brought up the kids because he asked.
the key word is hired !right/? we allso hired him to get bush!
To get something done, what was that again?.....
Oh yea. "Impeachment is off the table."
"people should be held accountable if they blatantly broke the law. But I want to look forward to do what is best for the country's security...." BO
I hope nancy's answer wasn't the more honest of the two.
curtilingus, you are supposed to sit down and shut up. No questions asked of Saint Obama of the NeverLie party.
Could we wait until Obama's been president for at least a day before we go batshit about his governance?
...stop working and answer his calls. Lol.
well im sorry if you feel obummers not capeable of deligateing importent jobs to his underling but it seems to me its just as importent to go after bush as it is ben ladden after all we know where bush is !as i said kucinich will get the bush job done and obummer can find someone to hand out thoes make work jobs!
Remember the mother may I game Bush was playing with him a few days ago? Bush stated Obama had not requested the release of the rest of the TARP. So Obama obliged and asked for the rest of the 350 Billion after the first disappeared, unaccounted for, for a different reason than initially planned, with no effect.
This is Obama's first executive decision and it is misguided, only serves the rich.
Miss "impeachment is off the table" Pelosi. Don't even get me started on her. Bush owes her bigtime.
boosh only received a small endowment.
...would be President Tuesday. The simple truth is that "getting Bush" isn't high on Obama's priority list.
well now thats a shame , but getting more guys killed in bushes war in afganistan seems to be high on his list!
Get this country back on track, then go after the one's who derailed it. If Obama is successful in reinvigorating the U.S., he'll be in a better position to pursue and get convictions for all the criminal acts committed by Bushco in the last eight years.
Unfortunately there's a little thing called the Statute of Limitations. You can bet the BushCo vampires haven't forgotten it.
There is NOTHING to be gained by stalling. It's not like Obama has to do the investigation himself, all he needs to do is say "The President wants a full investigation into the legality of torture, outing CIA agents, etc." and it starts. He doesn't have to worry his pretty head about it again until they come back with their findings. Plenty of time to fix the economy.
We seriously must get rid of this either/or mentality that seems to exist in our post-Rove country.
I'll bet every one of us know someone who has lost a job or a home. Getting the war criminals is important...but more than fixing the economy?
As has been mentioned ad nauseam above, it's not either/or. Some people can do more than one thing, especially if all they have to do is tell someone to do the thing.
Obama strikes me as perfectly capable of accomplishing both - he just needs to do them.
...he's just isn't taking care of business in the order that his masters (see above) have requested.
And just how long does it take for the Statute of Limitations to go into effect? 4 years? 8 years? Do Statute of Limitations even apply in international law? Maybe there is nothing to be gained by stalling, but there is nothing to be lost either by waiting for a better atmosphere to proceed with indictments against Bush and his cohorts. A few successes from the Oval Office would go a long way in mending the rift between right and left, thus paving the way for prosecution against these criminals.
Begin by firing all of them. The whole lot. And start over again.
Next: bring perjury charges against Schlozman and throw his big, fat ass in jail.
What's gonna make it harder to get rid of these bozos is that Bush is moving them from appointed positions to employee status. Meaning Obama can't fire them as they aren't "appointees" anymore.
Everything Reslugs do is illegal. Big Surprise!!
didn't fuck up? Obama deserves a Medal of Freedom for taking this job.
a padded cell.
No Shit!
God, what a job he has ahead of him.
And I hope that he goes about tackling this astounding shit stack his own way and tell all of these solutionless complainers with their personal work orders to sit down and STFU!
How Republican of you. Democracy means shut up. Well if the people questioning Obama have to shut up, so do his cheerleaders. Fair deal, yes?
that we shouldn't shut out opposing views; that would make us as bad as them. The problem is the cons have little or nothing of value to add.
They hate government and run it for the benefit of their cronies. They can't handle money and usually have no viable solutions. Let them speak, just don't put a whole lot of stock in the rantings of trust-fund fuckups.
...of complaints while I am already doing my best to handle an unbelievable ammount of problems...yes, I would quickly tell you to sit down and STFU!
the ambulance would take you to the hospital. He isn't just the Dems president there lefty, he's everyone's and as such no special interest group should be the only one to have his ear. And you said you teach kids? Good Gawd, betcha you help the crime rate with your in the face Republicanisms.
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 09:58 — ConcernedCanuck
the ambulance would take you to the hospital. He isn't just the Dems president there lefty, he's everyone's
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Obama's President of Canada?
Whoodathunkit.
handle the cons, is, as my mother used to say, "Kill them with kindness." Smile, nod, give them credit for brilliant insights, and then do what you planned to do anyway. It works a lot better than STFU, as much as that is what needs to be said.
to disagree with you there L&L. People have a right to be as publicly and vocally foolish in their opinions as they'd like. If they want to criticize the performance and policies of a man who hasn't been president for even one day they have a perfect right to do so.
I just disagree, and am willing to be a little more patient with the guy I voted for.
Easy, man; I'm hopin' Obama is keeping quiet about going after these criminals for a reason.
Let them think that they're getting away with it...
For all anybody knows there are secret grand juries in operation right now.
I don't think that BHO is anywhere NEAR as naive as he is choosing to appear at the moment.
that he's going after the Bush Crime Family, he'll pardon his whole administration; He may do it anyway. But if he keeps it low-key, pReznit Fuckwit may think he can skate.
They're going to have to be a little devious in smoking these guys out. Maybe they could hold on the job "prayer meetings" and see who shows up.
I'd prefer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc
ANYONE?
I didn’t know criminality was an ideology. I just thought it was an ethics flaw!
do I smell the potential for a class action "wrongful dismissal" lawsuit?
that the American Public has to pick up the tab for.
than subsidizing discrimination.
we're going to be paying for the crimes of this administration for many years in many ways.
commies. Like the Cuba/Castro commies. Because they won't allow their people to be exploited by western capitalists and they provide universal healthcare. Or any American they deem insufficiently patriotic. But they like certain kinds of commies, like Chinese Commies, or as El Drugbo calls them ""Chi-Coms". Because their leadership allows their population to be exploited by our corporate swine who have shipped our jobs over to southeast Asia. They're OK. Except when they need a punching bag. I'm confused. Are there any trolls who can explain this dichotomy to me?
round-up thread that covered the same subject about the DOJ:
"..that the DOJ guy who blatantly screwed up the Civil Rights dept. is named Schlozman?! From here on out, let it be known, that any gov't official who breaks the laws he/she is supposed to be enforcing shall be called a SCHLOZMAN."
and the US atty in NJ who avoided Rove's ax is planning to run for governor. and he's getting all the help the media can give him. I knew when Obama won that the media would re-double their efforts on behalf of the repugs.
There are, however, signs that THE PEOPLE ARE SEEING THROUGH IT: Poll: 77% of Americans Blame Media for Making Economic Crisis Worse
Chimp and the Joker play victim. Obama said harsh things about poor undeserving Chimp. Waaaaaaaa!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/14/bush...
Where's Mann Coulter? Hey Mann, gotta couple of conservative victims over here for ya.
There are family members of 4500 American soldiers killed in Chimps war that Chimp started for somebody else's kids to fight. These family members may have a little more right to play victim than Chimp or the Joker. You think maybe the Joker or Chimp would say anything about them? Nah, it's all about what big, bad Obama said about Chimp.
Of course we all know Chimp, Chimp's campaign in 2000 and 2004, and Chimp's surrogates on FOX and hate radio have never said a harsh, mean or untrue thing about anyone. No mention from Chimp or the Joker about this in Larry King's interview. Poor victims, Bush and Joker.
There’s a simple solution. Make them all take loyalty oaths to their new president and all that he stands for. That should weed out the hardliners.
No more loyalty oaths on either side of the aisle.
The DOJ is a pretty high profile agency; a person is not very likely to go unnoticed if they are all fucked-up. I think this will sort itself out, on its own, rather quickly. I'm sure that most of these people will be forced out by their own incompetance.
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 09:31 — burnt
do I smell the potential for a class action "wrongful dismissal" lawsuit?
Well there was a letter to the editors in today's Dallas Morning Nudes claiming boosh was a class act.
must be from his new neighbors... they finally get that security gate on their street that they've always wanted to keep out the riff-raff.
Can you blame them?
Personally I'd rather be on the other side of the fence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqyVPW0HrIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu1DMSqTLyk&fe...
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 10:50 — ysbaddaden
http://www.amazon.com/Please-Bright-Early-Pla...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWrCf7rAytc
determine the competence of the lawyers at the DOJ. But I would look at anyone who lost their jobs during this guy's tenure and give them back their job and then I would look at all the new hires and what kind of work that they were producing... like only going after Democrats? That would be a clue.
and others. Rachel rates a one on one.
Here
Howzaboot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4CsH4T6gjU
'Ideological considerations permeated the hiring process at the Justice Department's civil rights division, where a politically appointed official sought to hire "real Americans" and Republicans for career posts and prominent case assignments, according to a long awaited report released this morning by the department's inspector general.'
Gosh, no shit? Yuh think??? I wonder much how much chaching that study cost? To tell us what most people already knew.
Seems to me the WHOLE enchilada about DOJ started in New Mexico,with the firing of David Igelsias-who,incidentally,decided to NOT be a volunteer victim.
Coincidentally,or is it, Domenici retired and Heather Wilson is on the ropes,and Richardson[D] was/is being investigated for contractual woes.[ Was THAT a payback from GOP to Dems,btw?]Here's a tasty tidbit:
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DOJ Report on AG Firings and Darren White
by: LP
Mon Sep 29, 2008
Darren White was named multiple times in the section of the recent DOJ report which shows that David Iglesias was fired for purely partisan, political reasons.
Darren White was one of numerous Republican officials who called on Iglesias to retire because of, what they said, was not paying attention to voter fraud cases. The report, on the other hand, showed that Iglesias was lauded for his work on voter fraud.
The report says, "in October 2005 Iglesias was asked to speak at a Department-sponsored symposium on voting integrity."
But back to White.
The report mentions White, and a who's who of New Mexico Republicans, many times, including this gem:
Sheriff White told us that he thought the USAO should have investigated and prosecuted cases without involving state agencies, and that Iglesias's concern about appearing nonpartisan was misguided.
One must wonder, was Iglesias being non-partisan so contrary to White's own partisan views that the sheriff viewed it as "concern" on Iglesias' part of being non-partisan. Rather than, perhaps, actual non-partisanship.
LP :: DOJ Report on AG Firings and Darren White
But despite White's gut feelings (see: truthiness), there just wasn't enough evidence to prosecute voter fraud.
The FBI investigated several potential violations of federal law and presented written summaries of the evidence it developed to the USAO. EAUSA Armijo and Craig Donsanto from the Department's Public Integrity Section reviewed the summaries and made preliminary determinations regarding prosecutive decisions, which Iglesias reviewed and approved.
The report then goes on to outline a couple of high profile cases where there just wasn't enough evidence for a prosecution -- despite White's gut feeling to the contrary.
The Martin Heinrich campaign jumped on the opportunity.
"Central New Mexican voters deserve to know the truth before Darren White testifies under penalty of perjury for the newly appointed special prosecutor. How many times did Darren White speak with Heather Wilson, Pete Dominici or Karl Rove about firing David Iglesias? How did he use his official position to pursue political witch-hunts?" Heinrich said in the statement. "This scandal clearly demonstrates Darren White is anything but an 'independent voice' for New Mexico, and the voters of Central New Mexico will see him for the partisan hack that he is."
It's clear that White has ties to the Republican Party leadership -- State Chairman Allen Weh, Congresswoman Heather Wilson and that wing of the Republican Party. These are the same people who went to Washington DC to pressure the White House to fire Iglesias -- purely for political gain.
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or have a massive *serious* employee review. Fed employees have reviews at least once a year, sometimes twice. These could be used to help yank our the poisonous weeds choking DOJ.
Usually they're boilerplate, no one really pays much attention. Higher-ups award one another fat bonuses Some lower employees get $50, $75 or even (!) $100 awards, or maybe a certificate of some sort to hang on the wall.
NONE of these assholes can be trusted as being any more than a hack stuck in to stuff the deck for this criminal administration. THEN, hire back those that have earned the right.
Such a travesty! And we are worried about "communists"? Get real America. You have been siezed by the fascist party, and you were sleeping through the whole thing.
Nation of f*cking morons and crooks!!!
Bill Richardson - Kissinger-American
by Greg Palast
excerpted from Armed Madhouse
January 5, 2009
Bill Richardson is out: Caught with his hand, if not exactly in the cookie jar, at least you could say his sticky finger were near it. I'm not surprised.
For years I've been investigating the second-most corrupt state in the USA (after Alaska). I like to check in on the enchanted state with my bud Santiago Juárez.
I knew it was not a polite question, but it was really bugging me, so I asked HIM, “Exactly how does a Mexican get the name William Richardson?”
Governor Richardson’s dad, Santiago explained, was a Citibank executive assigned to Mexico City. There he met Governor Bill’s mom, and—milagro!—a Mexican-American was born. Richardson gets big mileage out of his mother’s heritage, and that makes him, legitimately, a Mexican-American, a politically useful designation. But it’s just as legitimate to say that Richardson is a Citibank-American.
But Governor Richardson is more than that. Between leaving Bill Clinton’s cabinet where he was Secretary of Energy and grabbing a Hispanic-district seat in Congress, Richardson became a partner in (Henry) Kissinger and Associates. That would make Richardson a Kissinger-American as well.
IN 2004, John Kerry won New Mexico—if you counted the votes. But they didn't - and George Bush won the state and the presidency by just 5,000 ballots.
Everyone was talking about the theft of Ohio by Republicans, but few noted that New Mexico was stolen as well. But one fact drove me straight nuts: In the end, this state and its damaged elections were in the hands of Richardson, A Democrat and a Mexican-American one at that.
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