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A senior Obama administration political appointee and longtime aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano resigned Saturday amid allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior lodged by at least three Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees.
Suzanne Barr, chief of staff to ICE Director John Morton, said in her resignation letter that the allegations against her are "unfounded." But she said she was stepping down anyway to end distractions within the agency.
Barr is accused of sexually inappropriate behavior toward employees. The complaints are related to a sexual discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by a senior ICE agent in May.
Barr went on leave last month after the New York Post reported on the lawsuit filed by James T. Hayes Jr., ICE's special agent in charge in New York. Additional employees came forward with their allegations around the same time.
In one complaint, Barr is accused of telling a male subordinate he was "sexy" and asking a personal question about his anatomy during an office party. In a separate complaint, she is accused of offering to perform a sex act with a male subordinate during a business trip in Bogota, Colombia. She's also accused of calling a male subordinate from her hotel room and offering to perform a sex act.
In the lawsuit, Hayes described a "frat house" atmosphere at ICE designed to humiliate male employees under Barr's leadership. Hayes, who was transferred to New York from ICE headquarters in Washington, is asking for more than $4 million.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80552.html?hp=l4
it's actually quite a bit worse
the lawsuit alleges that what's really going on at napolitano's dhs is the takeover of the agency by a lesbian cabal which routinely engages in male bashing and intimidation, promotes only the like minded and punishes the mostly men who refuse to go along
in one of the more upsetting accusations, three male employees whose positions were moved found one day all their office and personal effects cleared out and moved into separate stalls in the men's restroom, each engraved with their individualized nameplates
more serious is mr hayes' allegation that he was removed from his position in favor of completely unqualified dora schriro, unmarried ms napolitano's longtime associate
can you just imagine the media reaction if this were a sexual harassment scandal involving a republican administration
another very ugly story went down some months ago in the state of north carolina which is hosting barack hussein's national convention this week
Sexual harassment scandal creates challenges for Democrats in North Carolina party - POLITICO.com
it appears that a young staffer there claims he was sexually harassed by one jay parmley, executive director of the ncdp, north carolina democratic party
the staffer was paid hush money by the party but he squawked anyway and mr parmley was forced to go
but still there is david parker, chair of the state party which moved the money to the aggrieved staffer
the party, governor bev perdue (who has announced she will not run for reelection) and the white house all tried to pressure mr parker out, and he almost resigned, but at the last hour parker dug in his heels
NC Democratic party chairman resigns but gets vote to stay :: WRAL.com
finally we subsequently learned that a former girlfriend of parmley, the accused abuser, claims she was infected with hiv by the ex executive director of the ncdp
Ex-Girlfriend Of Former North Carolina Dem Official Claims He Gave Her HIV « CBS Charlotte
if this were a republican disgrace instead of a donkey's dilemna, you would not be hearing about it for the first time on dp forums, civility a must
party on, progressives
enjoy your abortion palooza this week in charlotte
bring condoms