Another one bites the dust

[Gaspar]

I guess the FBI is raiding the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer appointed by the President.

President Obama just can't get a break with these appointees.

Perhaps it's nothing.

I'm starting to get numb to this stuff.

Ho hum "Who is John Gault?"

[we vs us]

I guess the FBI is raiding the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer appointed by the President.

President Obama just can't get a break with these appointees.

Perhaps it's nothing.

I'm starting to get numb to this stuff.

Ho hum "Who is John Gault?"

More properly, a staff member of the DC city government technology office, Yusuf Acar, was arrested on bribery charges.  He'd been working for the District of Columbia since 2004.  Vivek Kundra, Obama's Chief Technology Officer, recently left the DC government to move to the federal post.

Not to worry, Gaspar.  This is piddling city government stuff.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/03/breaking_dc_tech_official_bust.html

[Gaspar]

Thank God.  I'd hate to see any of the President's staff involved in any inappropriate dealings.

[guido911]

Well, there is this development at Treasury Gasman. The frontrunner for the deputy Treasury Sec. withdraws over problems. Gee, I wonder what he did:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/03/another-top-tre.html

[Cats Cats Cats]

Well, there is this development at Treasury Gasman. The frontrunner for the deputy Treasury Sec. withdraws over problems. Gee, I wonder what he did:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/03/another-top-tre.html

I have a question... Why would anybody want that job?

[guido911]

More properly, a staff member of the DC city government technology office, Yusuf Acar, was arrested on bribery charges.  He'd been working for the District of Columbia since 2004.  Vivek Kundra, Obama's Chief Technology Officer, recently left the DC government to move to the federal post.

Not to worry, Gaspar.  This is piddling city government stuff.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/03/breaking_dc_tech_official_bust.html

Not so fast, Kundra, an Obama aid, has been placed on leave.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96SOREO0&show_article=1&catnum=0

Is there a place under the bus being readied?

[we vs us]

Not so fast, Kundra, an Obama aid, has been placed on leave.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96SOREO0&show_article=1&catnum=0

Is there a place under the bus being readied?

ZOMG! NOT THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER! WHO WILL PROVIDE OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES!
WE ARE DOOMED WITHOUT HIM! 

/wanders into traffic

[Gaspar]

ZOMG! NOT THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER! WHO WILL PROVIDE OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES!
WE ARE DOOMED WITHOUT HIM! 

/wanders into traffic

LMAO

[GG]

Oh, I thought you were talking about this.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/03/another-top-tre.html

Third Top Treasury Pick Withdraws From Consideration

Democratic sources say that H. Rodgin Cohen, a partner in the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and the leading candidate for Deputy Treasury Secretary, has withdrawn from consideration.

It's the third withdrawal of a top Treasury Department staff pick in less than a week.
I reported last week that Cohen was likely to be officially nominated for the Deputy Treasury Secretary position.

Cohen has been a counsel to just about every major player on Wall Street, which perhaps complicated his nomination.

Now, the nomination is off.

Democratic sources said that an issue arose in the final stages of the vetting process.

[Red Arrow]

I certainly don't want a corrupt, morally bankrupt person serving in a public capacity but with the detailed examination of the lives of our public servants, it's no wonder that no one with any capability wants to serve.

[Cats Cats Cats]

I certainly don't want a corrupt, morally bankrupt person serving in a public capacity but with the detailed examination of the lives of our public servants, it's no wonder that no one with any capability wants to serve.

You aren't supposed to break the law until after you get in office.

[Red Arrow]

You aren't supposed to break the law until after you get in office.

I hadn't thought of it that way.  I guess that's why I'm not a politician.