Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   leaks Date:   2/27/2017 12:05:10 PM

I could be wrong, but I don't think Lois Learner took a retirement, as I believe she was a political appointee, not a career civil servant. 

You know, I don't believe in leaks.  I think it is a cowards way out.  When I was the Deputy Director at our agency, someone leaked an internal email that I had written.  It was in the Washington Post.  There was nothing untoward about it - I mentioned that people should not act like terrorists, i.e., dropping a bomb on the table at meetings and then sitting back to watch what happens.  The Washington Post sent me an email at 11pm at night, which I totally did not see until morning, asking me for comments.  It was totally taken out of context.  I knew who leaked - it wasn't the first time this person had leaked something.  He was mad at the agnecy because years before and with a different director, his little feelings got hurt because the then Director, told him to change a position he had taken on something.  He refused, so the Director changed it for him.  When you are a govenrment employee, you get to argue for your position until a decision is made, and then you are expected to support the decision.  Not leak your position to the media.  If you are wondering why we didn't just fire this person, they did.  But he claimed immunity under the Government Whistle Blowers protections, so he couldn't be fired.  Instead they isolated him and gave him nothing meaningful to do,which then led him to just write more incindiary articles under his own name. 

So I wonder what is up with this leaker?  Closet Democrat, or have his/her little feelings been stepped on and it is a act of revenge?