Mukasey Security Detail Filed Complaint

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emptying the trash, carrying groceries and toting golf clubs were among duties allegedly assigned to U.S. marshals protecting two federal judges in New York over the last decade — one of whom has been nominated to be the next U.S. attorney general.

The valet-like chores were outlined in a complaint two years ago against Michael B. Mukasey, another judge and their wives by deputy marshals assigned to the judges' security details.

The complaint says marshals weren't allowed to flush the toilet when working on the night shift — even though the U.S. Marshals Service "pays rent for the right to use this toilet." It also accuses one of the judges and his wife of demanding to swap their airplane coach seats with first-class fare that the marshals bought with taxpayer money.

If confirmed as the nation's 81st attorney general, Mukasey would oversee the U.S. Marshals Service.



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[alfredo]

1. He's a Republican, what else do you expect?

[Ilsa]

3. Yep. Dems think the glass is half-full. GOPers think the glass is theirs. nt

[alfredo]

8. Just like the Religious right said they just wanted a place at the table, but

actually wanted to seize control of the table.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Clever ways of using people for personal benefit.

These people have no business working in the public sector. Business has no business working in the public sector, come to think of it.

[alfredo]

7. You need to read John Dean's three part

series on Authoritarians.

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. I wish I had read it yesterday.

It would have given me a great comeback today when I was talking to the right-winger. He made the comment that some people are too educated. Yep, that's what he said. I would have told him that right-wingers tend to be authoritarians, and that they need for the public to remain ignorant in order to feel safe that their authority will not get challenged.

[alfredo]

10. that is a good comeback.

Teaching for tests as NCLB encourages is very authoritarian. It teaches children to only learn what is deemed important by those in charge.

[Cha]

2. Inevitable that news would

surface from the toilet concerning a repuke for att gen.

[hvn_nbr_2]

4. The marshals' mistake was...

that they didn't tap their toes three times before flushing the toilet.

[spotbird]

6. Remember when hiring

an illegal babysitter was sufficient to disqualify a candidate?