Political Hiring in Justice Division Probed

[silvermachine]

Source: Washington Post

Karen Stevens, Tovah Calderon and Teresa Kwong had a lot in common. They had good performance ratings as career lawyers in the Justice Department's civil rights division. And they were minority women transferred out of their jobs two years ago -- over the objections of their immediate supervisors -- by Bradley Schlozman, then the acting assistant attorney general for civil rights.

Schlozman ordered supervisors to tell the women that they had performance problems or that the office was overstaffed. But one lawyer, Conor Dugan, told colleagues that the recent Bush appointee had confided that his real motive was to "make room for some good Americans" in that high-impact office, according to four lawyers who said they heard the account from Dugan.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/20/AR2007062002543_pf.html

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This seems unbelieveable...no, wait a minute, this is a GOP administration... never mind.

[truthisfreedom]

1. Four lawyers who heard this directly from Dugan?

Dugan's ass is grass.

[Supersedeas]

2. well well well -- what DOOO we have here

[Missy Vixen]

3. I'm thinking the three women are going to own Mr. Schlozman

>"make room for some good Americans"<

Really? Minority women are no longer "good Americans"?

Ladies, I look forward to the ways in which Mr. Schlozman will pay for his comments.

Julie

[Doctor_J]

4. so fucking what?

you really think anything will come of this?