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Probe Finds Ex-US Attorney Retaliated Against Whistleblower

The Associated Press reports:

Former U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Rachel K. Paulose retaliated against a top prosecutor in her office who reported her for careless handling of classified homeland security reports, a watchdog agency said Wednesday.

In announcing a whistleblower settlement between Assistant U.S. Attorney John Marti and the Justice Department, the Office of Special Counsel said its investigation found that Paulose retaliated by taking steps to remove Marti as her first assistant. Marti accepted a demotion and returned to being an assistant U.S. attorney.

In a news release, OSC said: "Based on considerable evidence of intent, animus, and motive, OSC concluded that Ms. Paulose constructively demoted Mr. Marti."

Paulose had earlier been the subject of an Office of Special Counsel investigation into whether she'd discriminated against office employees, including allegedly using the words "fat," "black," "lazy" and "ass" in remarks to one employee.

Before that, Marti and three other top lawyers in Paulose's office had voluntarily demoted themselves to protest her Christian-influenced managerial style.

Since last year, Paulose has been an adviser to Attorney General Michael Mukasey at main DOJ.


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It's appropriate that Paulose's "Christian-influenced managerial style" has been pressed into the service of Mukasey's thumbscrews amd the other apparatus of his Inquisition-like dungeons.

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The party of personal responsibility - as long as it's someone else...

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Will Norm Coleman return the $1500 he got from Paulose?

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"skinny"
"brown"
"dumb"
"ass"

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you might think a prosecutor would be interested in setting a precedent, yet this one settles. maybe it's the only way these things get resolved, but what of ms. paulose? is there any downside to her engaging in these actions, or is publicity punishment enough?

P.S. am i the only one who has problems with TPM's user logins? lots of clicks, strange pages, redirecting to the front page. many times i get frustrated and decide that my comment is not worth it. probably for the better, but still i'd think the TPM people (whom i've emailed before) would enjoy knowing what the experience is like.

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Fron the post:Since last year, Paulose has been an adviser to Attorney General Michael Mukasey at main DOJ.

Does anyone know if the New Admin can go after Mukasey for criminal mis-conduct ?Has he not in effect condoned torture ?

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Obama is "Prmagmatic" TM and that includes forgive and forget, but mainly forget.

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Who could be less Christ-like than today's evangelical Christians?

Besides the pedophiles, witchburning, and Inquisitions, and Crusades I mean...

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http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/

Great little read for those with an independent mind. The author discusses the psychotic aspects of the Jesus Corp.

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I didn't even read the article yet but I wanted to say that Woman is pretty hot.

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You're confusing bedroom eyes with "Leader-loving" eyes.

She loves the Leader.

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I know I am a pig.

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But hopefully once she started to talk that would all go out the window.

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"Does anyone know if the New Admin can go after Mukasey for criminal mis-conduct ?Has he not in effect condoned torture ?"

I don't believe criminal indictments will ever again be considered for top level folks...

Leave that action to REAL democracies, not the changeling we are turning into...

I even doubt the lower help (eg. Paulose) will even pay criminal consequences... those will be left to us commoners from now on...IMHO

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Well said.

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As an attorney with the Department of Justice, I say -- and this is not an official Department policy or statement, by any means -- she can bite me.

She's exactly the kind of cobweb Holder needs to clear out.

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Precisely. Stakes through their hearts. I'm loving the US Atty scandal comeuppance. Bring it on.

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Shouldn't this new finding (plus all the others) be grounds for disbarrement? Her Yale law degree should be burnt so she can't use it ever again to make a living or to cause any more damage (in the name of Bush or in the name of Jesus Christ!)
And while they're at it, maybe she should be excomunicated as well! [After all, discriminating against fat people, blacks etc. is unbecoming of good Christians!]
This is the same woman, by the way, that claimed she was being discriminated for being Indian when she was removed from Minnesota and trasferred to Mukasey's office!!!!
Typical Evangelical hypocrisy!

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Where is Paulose today? Given that she broke the DOJ policy, surely she is no longer at the Office of Legal Policy at DOJ as an advisor to Mukasey? How do we find out?

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"fat," "black," "lazy" and "ass", as well as retaliation and inability to take responsibi;ity for her own actions -- ah, she's such a fine christian and public servant.

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