thinkprogress.org - 2/3/2009
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In October 2006, Leslie Hagen, who was working as the liaison between the Justice Department and the U.S. attorneys’ committee on Native American issues, was informed that despite her “outstanding” job performance reviews, her contract would not be renewed . In April 2008, NPR ...
huffingtonpost.com - 2/9/2009
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy insisted on
Monday in firm and passionate terms that a comprehensive...
investigation be launched into the conduct of the Bush administration, saying anything less would prevent the country from moving ...
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Leahy: Investigate Bush Now
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/28/2009
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My colleague Zack at TPMmuck just heard from
an aide to Attorney General nominee Eric Holder. The...
aide definitively denied Sen. Kit Bond's (R-MO) claim that Holder had given him "assurances" of avoiding future prosecutions of Bush intelligence ...
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Talking Points Memo | Holder Aide: We Made No Special ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 1/31/2009
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I like Michael Steele -- he's one of
those charismatic guys who'd be impossible not to like...
if you were trying not to like him. I've only met him a couple of times, but one was in a green room where we both found ourselves with an hour to kill. ...
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Daily Kos —
Good news: In October 2006, Leslie Hagen, who was working as the liaison between the Justice Department and the U.S. attorneys’ committee on Native American issues, was informed that despite her “outstanding” job performance reviews, her contract would not be renewed. In April 2008, NPR reported that the Justice Department was investigating whether Hagen was fired after a rumor reached former Justice Department official Monica Goodling that she was a lesbian. When the DoJ Inspector General report on Goodling was released in July ...
Obama Justice Department Re-Hires Lesbian Attorney Fired by Bushies
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
And we thought the infamous Monica Goodling only fired people for being liberal. The Bush devotee fired Leslie Hagen for the crime of being a lesbian. The Obama Justice Department just gave Ms. Hagen her job back. Alright, that's change I can believe in! Think Progress: NPR’s Ari Shapiro notes that “it is not a perfectly happy ending for Hagen” because “nobody official from the department ever apologized to her for what happened” and she still owes thousands of dollars in attorney fees that the Bush Justice Department refused to ...
Three bean with bacon soup
The Sideshow —
... Good: "Obama Justice Department Re-Hires Attorney Fired By Goodling Because Of Lesbian Rumor." (Is that good enough? I thought she was fired illegally.) ...
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