Was DOJ Hiring "Corrupt"?
Simple Justice:
The New York Times reports that a report by the Department of Justice Inspector General has revealed that hiring for the Honors Program began cutting first level applicants based on political and ideological affiliations.
“Many qualified candidates” were rejected for the department’s honors program because of what was perceived as a liberal bias, the report found. Those practices, the report concluded, “constituted misconduct and also violated the department’s policies and civil service law that prohibit discrimination in hiring based on political or ideological affiliations.”
According to the report, it started under Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2002, and picked up steam under Alberto Gonzalez in 2006.
Applications that contained what were seen as “leftist commentary” or “buzz words” like environmental and social justice were often grounds for rejecting applicants, according to e-mails reviewed by the inspector general’s office. Membership in liberal organizations like the American Constitution Society,Greenpeace, or the Poverty…