In Gonzales' DOJ, Lesbian Rumors Could Cost You Your Job

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It wasn't just Democrats who Monica Goodling was trying to rid the Justice Department of. If you were gay -- or even rumored to be gay -- your career was in jeopardy.

Today's IG report offers new details in the case of Assistant U.S. Attorney Leslie Hagen, whose tenure at Main Justice came to an end because Monica Goodling picked up on rumors that Hagen was gay and had an allegedly romantic relationship with her supervisor, the then-U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Margaret Chiara.

Hagen, whose case was first reported by NPR in April, is not identified by name in the IG's report. However, her attorney confirmed to TPMmuckraker this afternoon that Hagen is the unnamed, allegedly lesbian, AUSA detailed in the report.

"I think the report vindicates what she has been saying all along," said Lisa Banks of Katz, Marshall and Banks LLP. "That she was the victim of pernicious discrimination from Monica Goodling."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/in_gonzales_doj_lesbian_rumors.php

[TexasObserver]

1. She's representative of the unqualified holy warriors who ran Justice.

[dkf]

2. She would have been a good witch hunter.

And also a valuable member of the Spanish inquisition.

[TexasObserver]

3. She's definitely willing to kill people to save them.

[barbtries]

4. Hagen should have

a very lucrative lawsuit. hope she's a good lawyer, and has a good lawyer. sue them all, and name names!

[varun]

5. Discrimination at he highest levels of judiciary

...and they say that gays and lesbians need no protection against discrimination...

[MiniMe]

6. I heard Monica Goodling is gay

No, not really. But think about it? A statement like that could cost her her job at DOJ?

[salin]

7. She will go down....

have to do some jail time - but Rove will remain roaming free - advising campaigns, making high $ speaking appearances, talking on faux news, and living high on the hog.

She deserves to go down. I doubt she even realizes how pernicious and dangerous her actions were to the DOJ.

But this emanated from the WH - and sadly I doubt that those folks will ever pay the price.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. I hope they offer a plea deal or something...

...if her squeals convict someone higher up, she goes free.

[snake in the grass]

9. You are right.

She will never realize what she did was wrong because she feels she was serving a higher power. This is just another example of why religious fundamentalists in general, and Christianists in this country specifically, are so dangerous. With craniums made of cement there is no chance a logical thought could enter.

[Kablooie]

10. It's because Gonzales was a closet lesbian himself.