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DOJ Leaked Docs to Smear Fast & Furious Whistleblower
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May 20, 2013, 1:30:00 PM5/20/13
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Breaking - Report: DOJ Leaked Docs to Smear Fast & Furious
Whistleblower, Says IG
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General published a new
report Monday that confirms former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis
Burke leaked a document intended to smear Operation Fast and Furious
scandal whistleblower John Dodson.
The DOJ IG said it found “Burke’s conduct in disclosing the Dodson
memorandum to be inappropriate for a Department employee and wholly
unbefitting a U.S. Attorney.”
“We are referring to OPR our finding that Burke violated Department
policy in disclosing the Dodson memorandum to a member of the media
for a determination of whether Burke’s conduct violated the Rules of
Professional Conduct for the state bars in which Burke is a member,”
the IG wrote.
Burke resigned from his post as U.S. Attorney over the incident in
August 2011, the first major Department of Justice official to leave
his or her post in the Fast and Furious scandal. He said after the
fact, in interviews with congressional investigators, that he now
views leaking the document as a “mistake.”
In addition to Burke’s involvement in leaking the document, emails the
IG uncovered show senior officials at the Department of Justice
discussed smearing Dodson.
One of those was Tracy Schmaler, the Director of the Department’s
Office of Public Affairs, who resigned her position at the DOJ after
emails uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
showed that she worked with leftwing advocacy group Media Matters for
America to smear whistleblowers and members of Congress and the media
who sought to investigate DOJ scandals under Attorney General Eric
Holder.
Whistleblower, Says IG
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General published a new
report Monday that confirms former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis
Burke leaked a document intended to smear Operation Fast and Furious
scandal whistleblower John Dodson.
The DOJ IG said it found “Burke’s conduct in disclosing the Dodson
memorandum to be inappropriate for a Department employee and wholly
unbefitting a U.S. Attorney.”
“We are referring to OPR our finding that Burke violated Department
policy in disclosing the Dodson memorandum to a member of the media
for a determination of whether Burke’s conduct violated the Rules of
Professional Conduct for the state bars in which Burke is a member,”
the IG wrote.
Burke resigned from his post as U.S. Attorney over the incident in
August 2011, the first major Department of Justice official to leave
his or her post in the Fast and Furious scandal. He said after the
fact, in interviews with congressional investigators, that he now
views leaking the document as a “mistake.”
In addition to Burke’s involvement in leaking the document, emails the
IG uncovered show senior officials at the Department of Justice
discussed smearing Dodson.
One of those was Tracy Schmaler, the Director of the Department’s
Office of Public Affairs, who resigned her position at the DOJ after
emails uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
showed that she worked with leftwing advocacy group Media Matters for
America to smear whistleblowers and members of Congress and the media
who sought to investigate DOJ scandals under Attorney General Eric
Holder.
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