Far Left Dems trying to rescue
Larry Bartlett from purgatory at State Department, by Ann Corcoran 5/20/18
This
post might be going into the deep state weeds for many readers, but since
beltway news hounds read RRW too, this is worth posting.
Larry
Bartlett, prior to being assigned to the Freedom of Information Office at the
State Department, was the main career guru (under the Asst. Sec. of State
level) responsible for refugee admissions during the Obama years and, as we
witnessed in his performance in Idaho, here, a few
years back, is a true believer in the program.
At
that event he was completely dismissive of local citizens’ concerns about their
safety, about the cost of the program, and about the lack of transparency
citizens’ see in the resettlement process.
Bartlett proudly displaying map showing where
he was sending refugees in the US You can see my Lawrence Bartlett archive by clicking here.
Complaining that the State Department under Trump is partisan, two Dems
in Congress show their colors by campaigning to get Bartlett back to work
advocating for more refugees within the deep state.
From Talking Points Memo: The State Department Inspector General is looking into why senior
career officials who worked on Obama administration priorities like refugee
resettlement and closing the Guantanamo Bay prison were temporarily reassigned
to menial work processing Freedom of Information Act requests, the IG’s office confirmed to TPM on
Thursday, reviewing whether the reassignments were politically motivated.
[The State Department is notorious for not answering
FOIA requests, so I don’t see this job as a “menial work.”—ed]
Reps Engel and Cummings believe that
career bureaucrats are being side-lined due to their political beliefs.
I’ll bet a buck these two were silent when the Obama Admin was pushing
conservatives out of government!
In
January, Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) called for an
investigation after whistleblowers at the State Department shared what the
lawmakers called “credible allegations that the State Department has required
high-level career civil servants, with distinguished records serving
administrations of both parties, to move to performing tasks outside of their
area of substantive expertise.”
Cummings and Engel, who serve as the top Democrats on the House
Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees respectively, told the IG that they
feared the moves “may constitute impermissible abuse and retaliation” against
federal workers.
On
Thursday, communications director Sarah Breen at the State’s Inspector
General’s office told TPM: “The review requested by Congressmen Engel and Cummings
is ongoing.”
Engel
told TPM that the confirmation of the probe is “a good start but doesn’t come
close to resolving the problem.”
“I continue to have concerns that this Administration is targeting
career employees for their perceived political beliefs,” Engel said, “and I still expect the Department
to fully respond to the requests from myself and Ranking Member Cummings.”
Among
those roped in was Lawrence Bartlett, the former head of State’s Population,
Refugees and Migration bureau, who worked on policies around refugee
resettlement under the Obama administration. Bartlett is part of the Senior Executive
Service — an elite class of highly experienced non-partisan federal workers. Non-partisan federal worker my foot! More here.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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