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[LANMaster]

"in part" being the key defense in this case, I would imagine.

[bassetman]

Bush wanted to change the rules for firing Fed employees (making it easier), obvious why!

[plschwartz]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

"in part" being the key defense in this case, I would imagine.

LAN
Imagine? Hope? Fantasize?

Having worked for too long is a state bureaucracy I have no doubt that for that reason alone it could have happened. And in those bureaus related to investigation and defence, most removed from effective oversight, are those places most able to get away with this stuff.

[LANMaster]

I'm not suggesting it didn't happen.
I'm simply saying that there's little evidence to say for certain that's the way it went down, is all.
If she couldn't do her job, regardless the reason,. I'd expect she'd want to quit and write a book. Perhaps the book might even sell better if she deliberately got herself fired, Hmmmmmmm?

Ya never know for sure.

[xico]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

I'm not suggesting it didn't happen.
I'm simply saying that there's little evidence to say for certain that's the way it went down, is all.
If she couldn't do her job, regardless the reason,. I'd expect she'd want to quit and write a book. Perhaps the book might even sell better if she deliberately got herself fired, Hmmmmmmm?

Ya never know for sure.

I don't agree with your analysis of what might have been the case, but I agree that if when your positive, you can't be sure. Ask the Administration!

[bassetman]

Let's see, she was pointing out that other employees were doing a bad job, with potentially dangerous results, she is accused of not doing her job?

She must know her job, if she was able to tell that the others didn't know what they were doing. If she had been a good little bureaucrat, I'd bet she'd still be working toward her retirement.

[iltos]

Originally Posted by xico

....a former F.B.I. translator at the center of a growing controversy was dismissed in part because she accused the bureau of ineptitude, and it found that the F.B.I. did not aggressively investigate her claims of espionage against a co-worker.

does this remind anyone of a similar story about a national park employee who was fired (maybe only in part....can't remember) for revealing that, despite the high profile site and the threat of terrorism, the security staff at the national mall had actually been reduced since 911?
and both women, too....probably just a coincidence....