Auditors Say Justice Dept. Improperly Screened for Political Ties

[MountainLaurel]

Justice Department officials improperly used political and ideological factors to screen applicants for the agency's prestigious honors and summer intern programs, sometimes rejecting otherwise qualified candidates because of their ties to Democrats, internal auditors said in a report issued this morning.

The long awaited review faulted Bush administration officials for violating Justice Department policy and civil service rules beginning in 2002, when they tried to fill career posts with rookie lawyers whose political affiliations mirrored their own.

Investigators for the Justice Department's Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility, which oversees legal ethics, reviewed thousands of e-mail messages and conducted interviews with current and former officials, concluding that the hiring efforts "undermined confidence in the integrity of the department's hiring processes."

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McDonald allegedly wrote "disparaging" remarks about job seekers' liberal ties on their applications, and Elston allegedly failed to take action when the problems were brought to his attention by another concerned member of the hiring panel, according to the report.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062400819.html?hpid=topnews

[BuyingThyme]

1. NSS

[MountainLaurel]

4. No shit, Sherlock?

Is that it?

:hi:

[Mythsaje]

2. The difference between the GOP and the former Soviet Communist Party

grows slimmer with each passing day.

Only GOOD party members and sycophants need apply.

[wurzel]

3. And these illegal employees are still there.

On our payroll.