U.S. Attorney Paulose Dresses Down Employee Using Terms 'Fat,' 'Black,' 'Lazy,' 'Ass'

[Hissyspit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/18/paulose-investigation

U.S. Attorney Paulose Dresses Down Employee Using Terms ‘Fat,’ ‘Black,’ ‘Lazy,’ And ‘Ass’

Eric Black at the Minnesota Monitor writes that the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, Rachel Paulose, is under investigation. The federal Office of Special Counsel is looking into allegations that she “mishandled classified information, decided to fire the subordinate who called it to her attention, retaliated against others in the office who crossed her, and made racist remarks about one employee.”

Highlights of the charges:

– Paulose mishandled classified information. Black writes that Paulose regularly received “status updates on the war on terror” from intelligence and law enforcement agencies. The “secret” reports were supposed to be locked up, but Paulose “regularly left the reports loose in her office, sometimes unattended.”

– Paulose threatened to fire an employee who raised concerns about the material. Then-First Assistant U.S. Attorney John Marti spoke to Paulose about safeguarding the classified materials and “as required by regulations, filed a report with the national office that oversees U.S. attorneys.” Paulose began “threatening” to fire Marti and “bad-mouthing” him to other colleagues. He eventually resigned.

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– Paulose called employees racial epithets. “Paulose allegedly denigrated one employee of the office, using the terms ‘fat,’ ‘black,’ ‘lazy’ and ‘ass.’”

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A look at Paulose’s background indicates that she was handpicked by the Justice Department because of her personal connections, rather than her professional qualifications. She was a special assistant to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and was best buds with Monica Goodling, who infamously admitted to considering “party affiliation in screening applicants to become immigration judges.”

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[tanyev]

1. Nice. Name-calling and Bible verses.

Hypocrite much, Ms. Paulose?

[formercia]

2. Nothing like hiring qualified help.

Was she an ambulance chaser in her previous line of work?

[wake.up.america]

3. She's outta here. Tell her to act like a responsible person.

[Supersedeas]

4. incompetent ideological hacks trying REALLY hard to prove their worth

[ljm2002]

5. I love that she's being exposed like this...

...please, keep it coming!

We can only hope that this kind of continued exposure helps to finish off this poisoned stream in American politics.