About That "Perfect Job"

by: tparty

Wed Oct 24, 2007 at 15:36:03 PM EDT

Only 38 days after the Nisour Square shootings and a myriad of sub-scandals and related controversy, and someone at the State Department has finally lost his job. ABC News reports that Richard Griffin, the top diplomatic security official at Foggy Bottom, has agreed to resign after Amb. Patrick Kennedy's recommendations on overhauling State's relationship with its security contractors amounted to a tacit rebuke of his tenure.

Taxpayer money, gone:

New documents suggest that Blackwater may have engaged in significant tax evasion, failing to withhold and pay millions of dollars in Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, and related taxes, and sought to conceal its conduct from Congress and law enforcement officials.

Blackwater's remaining credibility, gone:

As the next step of the PR campaign, Blackwater sent an e-mail blast today, encouraging supporters to contact "elected Congressional representatives" with "letters, e-mails and calls" with the goal of "influencing the manner in which they gather and present information."

Chris Shays' remaining credibility, gone:

Shays: Well, lemme ask you this. If everyone is criticizing people who have given their lives to save Americans, don't you think it makes sense for one of the people in the committee to thank them?

Chris Shays' mind, gone.