Obama--the grumblings

[richlevy]

Speaking of the Justice Department....

From here

February 04, 2009
Justice Department Rehires Attorney Fired for Being Gay

Leslie Hagen has returned to her job as an attorney for the Justice Department, 10 months after she was sacked for being gay.

Despite sexual-orientation discrimination protections within the Justice Department, Hagen lost her job. Monica Goodling, senior counsel to Gonzales, was responsible for removing Hagen from her position, and after an investigation by the inspector general it was discovered that Goodling had also been instrumental in preventing Hagen from seeking a new position within the Justice Department.

In attempting to fill Hagen's open position a nationwide search was conducted by the Justice Department. Hagen herself was one of the many who applied, and after several rounds of interviews, Hagen was offered her former position. On Monday, Hagen assumed a permanent position at the department's Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys. (She had formerly worked on a yearly contract basis.)

The good news is that she went from yearly contract to permanent. The bad news is that they have still not admitted guilt and paid her legal fees.

Whatever happened to Monica Goodling?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by richlevy

Speaking of the Justice Department....

From here

The good news is that she went from yearly contract to permanent. The bad news is that they have still not admitted guilt and paid her legal fees.

Whatever happened to Monica Goodling?

I would guess the question is did they sue for legal fees at the time of the original complaint? Or did she just bargin with them.

Originally Posted by richlevy

Whatever happened to Monica Goodling?

For a lighter recollection of Monica and the DoJ

She was a top deputy to Ashcroft when he was AG and was the one who reportedly ordered drapes to be placed over the partially nude statue of the Spirit of Justice in the Justice Department's Great Hall where he would hold press conferences.

The press would takes pics from an angle to show Ashcroft right below her breasts or so they were accused by Monica of doing it deliberately to embarrass stuffy old Ashcroft.

And then this came out after she had the statue covered.."I hide you, babe"

http://polisat.com/ashcroft/ihideyoubabe.html

In some ways, the "cover up" was very symbolic of the Bush DoJ.

[richlevy]

I think John was just worried that people would be distracted trying to figure out which one was the bigger boob.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by richlevy

I think John was just worried that people would be distracted trying to figure out which one was the bigger boob.

Much to my shock and surprise, he turned out to be okay in the end...I am referring to when Gonzales and his flunky tried to get him to go along with illegal wiretapping and torture while he was whacked out from surgery.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by TGRR

Much to my shock and surprise, he turned out to be okay in the end...I am referring to when Gonzales and his flunky tried to get him to go along with illegal wiretapping and torture while he was whacked out from surgery.

Yeah, but once the decision was made after he stepped down, I didn't hear anything about him criticizing it.

I will give him props for having limits when noone else did.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by richlevy

Yeah, but once the decision was made after he stepped down, I didn't hear anything about him criticizing it.

Not his place, in his mind, I suppose. He was quitted, so he left.

Originally Posted by richlevy

I will give him props for having limits when noone else did.

Him, Russ Fiengold, Ron Paul, Chuck Hagel. That's about it.