Remember Rachel Paulose? Colleagues Clap for Her Critics at Retirement Party

[babylonsister]

http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=E67A14E00FCD6C9E55E2E0A07AF74AD2?diaryId=1960

Putdown for Paulose: Colleagues Clap for Her Critics at Retirement Party
by: Eric Black
Thu Jun 21, 2007 at 9:27:40 AM

Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. attorney for Minnesota, suffered through an awkward moment Tuesday when a retirement party for a long-serving prosecutor in her office turned into a thunderous ovation for several of Paulose's severest critics. Word of the incident has buzzed through the Twin Cities federal legal community and become the latest symbol of a very rough 18 months since Paulose took over the top federal law enforcement job in Minnesota.

Paulose has been under increasingly harsh public scrutiny about how her appointment is connected to the Bush administration's alleged politicization of the Justice Department, and about how she has run the office. Four high-ranking supervisors in the office voluntarily took demotions to non-supervisory positions as a protest against Paulose's management style. The House Judiciary Committee has questioned Justice Department officials about the circumstances of Paulose's appointment, and U.S. Rep. Keith Keith Ellison has publicly disparaged the chaotic situation within Paulose's agency. Congress is seeking to question Paulose under oath.

This account of the Tuesday incident comes from people who were present but requested anonymity.

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[grasswire]

1. was the story pulled from the site?

Or is the link bad? It's not there.

[BurtWorm]

2. Try cutting and pasting the whole link?

But with the gap there, it may not work...

PS: It doesn't work for me. Looks like some characters are missing.

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Try this one...

http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/magFront.do

[babylonsister]

6. Sorry; went out and didn't see this; good link below. nt

[Robbien]

4. This is so sweeeet

. . .

When it was his turn to address the group, Sekus deflected the compliments that had been sent his way and said that those who deserved the praise were the former supervisors who had resigned their posts, because their actions had required courage.

At that, the room erupted with loud, sustained applause that could not be taken as anything other than solidarity with Paulose's internal critics and appreciation for the sacrifice they had made to protest against her -- clearly a spontaneous release of the tensions within the office. According to a witness, the ovation was so loud that it had to represent the applause of 90 percent or more of those in the room.

The awkwardness was further intensified by the presence of at least five federal judges, since those judges preside over the trials handled by the U.S. attorney's office.

Paulose was present throughout and could not have left without calling attention to herself. One of the eyewitnesses said she had a glazed look during the ovation.

Whatever she may be doing there, it must be horrific if the staff reacts this way in front of her.

[ellenfl]

5. but were those 'five federal judges' bush appointees?

he's been busily stacking the courts while we have been distracted. i am afraid to find out how right leaning the federal courts are right now.

i applaud the applauders.

ellen fl

[Pastiche423]

7. Just one photo of her face during the applause

is all I ask. Just one.