Wednesday, March 9, 2005

And Speaking of Republicans...

Here is another name to remember...Clark Kent Ervin. Former head of internal investigations within the DHS (Dept of Homeland Security). Poor Clark! He was let go...his contract wasn't renewed, no options for Mr. Ervin. Although a fanatical Republican still...he loves his president!

Why was he dumped from a job where he seemed to be doing an excellent job? He was doing it too well. He exposed the waste and that is a no-no. He managed a team of 459 auditors/investigators and they found, for instance; a $100 million contract to hire new screeners had suddenly become a $600 million contract. Boeing received $49 million addtional for a contract to oversee other contracts. TSA executives awarded themselves 1.5 million in year end bonuses in 2003. At one point he was told to call "failure rates" at airport screenings, "success rates" instead.

And Tom Ridge, his boss...met with him twice, to complain about the negative publicity that he was generating with his investigative zeal.

Ya gotta love them!

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