Comments on: Bypassing the Vetting Process http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:24:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Polly http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17661 Polly Wed, 09 May 2007 04:01:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17661 <p><b>sounds like they were in one hell of a rush to gear up for something.<br />Posted by: orionATL </b> </p> <p>After Nov. 7, could the D.C.’s USA be gearing up to throw rocks in the path of the Congressional investigations they knew would be coming?</p> <p>These wheels within wheels are beginning to scare me.</p> sounds like they were in one hell of a rush to gear up for something.
Posted by: orionATL

After Nov. 7, could the D.C.’s USA be gearing up to throw rocks in the path of the Congressional investigations they knew would be coming?

These wheels within wheels are beginning to scare me.

]]> By: orionATL http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17660 orionATL Tue, 08 May 2007 23:14:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17660 <p>maybe these hires were a result of the sampson/goodling â€special powers†memo signed by gonzales.</p> <p>maybe opm was the source of the leak about this secret memo.</p> maybe these hires were a result of the sampson/goodling â€special powers†memo signed by gonzales.

maybe opm was the source of the leak about this secret memo.

]]> By: orionATL http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17659 orionATL Tue, 08 May 2007 21:30:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17659 <p>i wonder where the twenty came from </p> <p>and </p> <p>what might be their common denominator.</p> i wonder where the twenty came from

and

what might be their common denominator.

]]> By: orionATL http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17658 orionATL Tue, 08 May 2007 21:28:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17658 <p>polly’s question is a good one.</p> <p>i would add a related question/comment:</p> <p>twenty gov hires in seven months is extraordinary SPEED. a lot of the usual steps for federal hiring must have been compressed greatly or ignored. </p> <p>sounds like they were in one hell of a rush to gear up for something.</p> polly’s question is a good one.

i would add a related question/comment:

twenty gov hires in seven months is extraordinary SPEED. a lot of the usual steps for federal hiring must have been compressed greatly or ignored.

sounds like they were in one hell of a rush to gear up for something.

]]> By: Anonymous http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17657 Anonymous Tue, 08 May 2007 20:55:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17657 <p>Polly</p> <p>It could be any number of things, though it is a question I am curious to have answered myself. Most USA offices have a bunch of unfilled AUSA positions–it allows DOJ to pretend they have increased FTEs without actually spending the money. Perhaps, in Taylor’s case (perhaps in the case of the favorites?) he actually got to fill those unfilled AUSAs.</p> Polly

It could be any number of things, though it is a question I am curious to have answered myself. Most USA offices have a bunch of unfilled AUSA positions–it allows DOJ to pretend they have increased FTEs without actually spending the money. Perhaps, in Taylor’s case (perhaps in the case of the favorites?) he actually got to fill those unfilled AUSAs.

]]> By: Polly http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17656 Polly Tue, 08 May 2007 20:51:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17656 <p>Why would there be <b>twenty</b> vacancies in Taylor’s office since he took over last September? Isn’t twenty a lot?</p> <p>Aren’t these Assistant USA positions civil service, different from the four year limited term of political appointees?</p> <p>Did twenty civil service attorneys quit rather than work for a â€loyal Bushieâ€?</p> Why would there be twenty vacancies in Taylor’s office since he took over last September? Isn’t twenty a lot?

Aren’t these Assistant USA positions civil service, different from the four year limited term of political appointees?

Did twenty civil service attorneys quit rather than work for a â€loyal Bushieâ€?

]]> By: Anonymous http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17655 Anonymous Tue, 08 May 2007 20:07:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17655 <p>Redshift</p> <p>Oh, dont’ worry, I think you’re particularly henhouse is proving to be particularly well-guarded–Chuck Rosenberg seems to be a real straight shooter, and recommended two DOJ investigations that were appropriate.</p> <p>It’s DC that we need to worry about. You know–they guy enforcing any subpoenas Congress issues? The guy we’re counting on to arrest Condi for contempt after Waxman’s patience gives out?</p> <p>bmaz</p> <p>Point well taken. </p> Redshift

Oh, dont’ worry, I think you’re particularly henhouse is proving to be particularly well-guarded–Chuck Rosenberg seems to be a real straight shooter, and recommended two DOJ investigations that were appropriate.

It’s DC that we need to worry about. You know–they guy enforcing any subpoenas Congress issues? The guy we’re counting on to arrest Condi for contempt after Waxman’s patience gives out?

bmaz

Point well taken.

]]> By: bmaz http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17654 bmaz Tue, 08 May 2007 19:52:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17654 <p>I am no fan of this cluck Apperson, and there is NO WAY he should be rehired anywhere in the Justice Department, he is disqualified for forging/misappropriating Sensebrenner’s signature. However, that act is not directly analogous to the Iglesias/ Charlton situations. In Iglesias and Charlton, congresscritters tried to put pressure on prosecutorial discretion; strictly verbotten. In the Apperson scenario, irrespective of whether it was Apperson or Sensebrenner behind the communication, the communication was in effect a sentencing recommendation to a judge. This in no way per se makes it necessarily proper, but it is far different than trying to affect a charging decision.</p> I am no fan of this cluck Apperson, and there is NO WAY he should be rehired anywhere in the Justice Department, he is disqualified for forging/misappropriating Sensebrenner’s signature. However, that act is not directly analogous to the Iglesias/ Charlton situations. In Iglesias and Charlton, congresscritters tried to put pressure on prosecutorial discretion; strictly verbotten. In the Apperson scenario, irrespective of whether it was Apperson or Sensebrenner behind the communication, the communication was in effect a sentencing recommendation to a judge. This in no way per se makes it necessarily proper, but it is far different than trying to affect a charging decision.

]]> By: Sojourner http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17652 Sojourner Tue, 08 May 2007 19:38:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17652 <p>I just wonder how the hell you can write this stuff so fast! I write professionally (in a different venue) but I cannot come up with stuff nearly so fast as you do…</p> <p>Does smoke come off your keyboard? </p> I just wonder how the hell you can write this stuff so fast! I write professionally (in a different venue) but I cannot come up with stuff nearly so fast as you do…

Does smoke come off your keyboard?

]]> By: Anonymous http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17653 Anonymous Tue, 08 May 2007 19:38:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/05/08/bypassing-the-vetting-process/#comment-17653 <p><i>â€Sure, he’s made some mistakes in judgment,†Taylor said. â€For gosh sakes, everybody deserves a second chance.â€</i></p> <p>can anyone tell me why this kind of attitude is acceptable? NOBODY deserves a goddamn thing in this world. The ’second chance’ doctrine is entirely incompatible with the neocon philosophy. Actions have consequences, and when you screw up, you should pay the price for it. If the manager can’t fire a failed employee, perhaps it is the manager who is a failure?</p> â€Sure, he’s made some mistakes in judgment,†Taylor said. â€For gosh sakes, everybody deserves a second chance.â€

can anyone tell me why this kind of attitude is acceptable? NOBODY deserves a goddamn thing in this world. The ’second chance’ doctrine is entirely incompatible with the neocon philosophy. Actions have consequences, and when you screw up, you should pay the price for it. If the manager can’t fire a failed employee, perhaps it is the manager who is a failure?

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