Hiring Process Was Bypassed for Federal Prosecutor “When he was counsel to a House subcommittee in 2005, Jay Apperson resigned after writing a letter to a federal judge in his boss’s name, demanding a tougher sentence for a drug courier. As an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia in the 1990s, he infuriated fellow prosecutors when he facetiously suggested a White History Month to complement Black History Month. Yet when Apperson was looking for a job recently, four senior Justice Department officials urged Jeffrey A. Taylor, the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia, to hire him. Taylor did, and allowed him to skip the rigorous vetting process that the vast majority of career federal prosecutors face.” (Washington Post)Early Departures Clip Bush Security Team “Top members of President Bush’s national security team are leaving in one of the earliest waves of departures from a second-term administration â nearly two years before Bush’s term ends. As rancor in the nation rises over handling of the war in Iraq, at least 20 senior aides have either retired or resigned from important posts at the White House, Pentagon and State Department in the past six months. Turnover is normal as an administration nears its end, but ‘this is a high number,’ said Paul Light, a professor of public service at New York University and an expert on government.” (USA TODAY)
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