One of the more sinister scandals of the Bushit Assministration was the politicization of the Justice Department, with the U.S. attorneys' scandal at the top of the list. A smaller fish, but quite sinister nonetheless, was caught in an investigation by the Justice Department's Inspector General. Brad "Slimy" Schlozman was a Bushit appointee in Justice's Civil Rights Division. The LA Times reports on Slimy's activities at Justice, which included reassigning career civil service lawyers who weren't politically far-right enough and hiring only those who met his extreme views. Slimy's views of the career lawyers that worked for him is also charming. He saw "commies" and "libs" around him trying to sabotage Bushit's New Order, paranoid jackass that he seems to be. Slimy is now practicing "law" in Kansas, but may have his state bar membership revoked as a result of the IG's report. He also reportedly misled the Senate Judiciary committee in 2007 which was looking into the firing of U.S. attorneys, so perhaps Obama's new U.S. attorney for DC will look into prosecuting Slimy. We can only hope.
photo: Slimy Schlozman teaching newly-hired lawyers at Justice the proper salute.
