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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 11:12 AM
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Was an attorney fired for being a lesbian?
Edited on Wed Apr-02-08 11:13 AM by malta blue
"The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating whether a career attorney in the department was told to leave her position in Washington because of a rumor that she is a lesbian...."

more at link...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89288713

On edit: it was not Monica Goodling, although she may have been involved....

Sorry for the mixup.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 11:15 AM
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1. Don't you mean was Leslie Hagan fired for being a lesbian?
Read the article you posted.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 11:36 AM
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4. I edited the OP before you posted SR.
thanks though.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 03:17 PM
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6. Wow, you're quick!
:)
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 05:38 PM
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9. no one wants
to get caught like that in GD ;)
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 11:15 AM
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2. I think she got 'caught', not for any other reason:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/23/goodling-illegal/
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 11:15 AM
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3. It wasn't Goodling who was fired it was Goodling who did the firing
but very interesting story.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 11:37 AM
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5. Yes, OP was corrected.
It is an interesting twist on the Monica Goodling saga...
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wuushew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 04:42 PM
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7. This is quite a story
I just heard it on All Things Considered.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 05:37 PM
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8. I heard it on my way home too.
It sounds very suspect to me.
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