State’s actions against Peter Van Buren offer a few lessons on use of classified info, power
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 28th, 2011 4:35 am by HL
State’s actions against Peter Van Buren offer a few lessons on use of classified info, power
The best way for the federal government to publicize a book? Attempt to muzzle the author.
You probably wouldn’t be reading about Peter Van Buren right now had the State Department not stripped him of his security clearance and suspended him after publication of his book, “We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.”
Chelsea Clinton-for-Congress talk quashed
Is the Chelsea-for-Congress boomlet already over? That was quick.
Rumors of Clinton running for Congress in New York, perhaps for the seat held by Rep. Nita Lowey (D), were shot down Thursday by Lowey and state Democrats.
If there’s anything we should know by know about New York, it is that dynastic politics can be a tricky business. The entitlement factor doesn’t go over well in the Empire State.
New USAJobs site for federal job seekers continues to frustrate many
Within hours of its debut, the federal government’s ballyhooed new jobs board was on the fritz: USAJobs crashed repeatedly, error messages popped up over and over, résumés disappeared, passwords were obliterated.
It even got basic geography wrong, with searches for Delaware, for example, turning up jobs in Germany.
